I'd like to re-hash an old idea with a slightly new context:
Here's the original idea:
Replace Object with Quick Drop
This idea is currently marked as completed, even though it was completed with another Keyboard shortcut, instead of as a Right-click menu option as described.
I think that Quick Drop should be an option that shows up along with "Specific Pallete" and "All Palletes" anytime that they appear in the Right-click menu.
In general, I would like the ability (in any context) to select a VI from the palettes using the keyboard.
For simple dropping of a node, this is perfectly achieved in Quick Drop (awesome.)
For Inserting or Replacing, I can use Quick Drop too, but the logic is out of order in my mind.
I would prefer to select the action that I want (Insert, Replace, etc) from the Right-click menu, then use Quick Drop to locate the node I want.
In the current implementation, if I choose Insert from the Right-click menu, I am forced to navigate the palletes. If I go to Quick drop, I have to invoke Quick Drop, type/select the node I want, and then remember what I was trying to do ("Oh, yeah, Insert")
and then remember what the Shortcut is for that ("um...Ctrl-I? Do I hold Shift too?").
As a side note, this could potentially get around the limitation in Quick Drop of inserting a node onto a branched wire (see discussion here).
