Ability To Hide Unused Data Event Terminal In Event Structure

[Broken_Arrow]

If you are not using the Data Event Terminals in an Event Structure, you might customarily hide them - roll them up so that only one terminal is showing. I would like to hide that remaining terminal. The idea is to not grey-out the Remove Element option when you are down to one terminal. That way, you can remove it. A stub remains to right-click on in order to bring the terminal(s) back if required.

  

[dthor]

I like this idea. Simple, not asking too much, and probably quite easy to implement.

[Minty]

Why not show/hide and remove it completely like we have for the dynamic event terminals?

[lvrat]

Neat , probably the stub can be filled with the color of the datatype when it is hidden, example blue for numeric, green for bool etc.

[JackDunaway]

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@rachna wrote:

the stub can be filled with the color of the datatype when it is hidden, example blue for numeric, green for bool etc.

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I think Broken Arrow is referring to unused, unwired event data terminals, so datatype has no context for an unused stub. I would be against any Idea that allows the names to be hidden yet still wired, but I don't think this is BA's intention.

[Broken_Arrow]

Jack is correct. The stub just provides a place to pop up on. If something is wired, you can't hide or collapse the terminal.

[altenbach]

I'd go with the suggestion to simply show/hide the event terminals. Do we need to treat the left side and right side terminals (e.g. in filtering events) separately? Maybe the right side terminals must always show if available.

[tst]

> Do we need to treat the left side and right side terminals (e.g. in filtering events) separately?

Yes.

Also, since the right side terminals can be unwired, we should probably allow hiding them (although a filter event where you don't use the right terminals is basically identical to the notify event).

[Ray.R]

I'd also go with the suggestion to simply show/hide the event terminals.

[Darren]

 Moved to CAR database: CAR 733807

[Broken_Arrow]

NI is going to implement by way of a CAR?