Allow project explorer window to be pinned

[ToeCutter]

I have a large library of general purpose functions and I do a lot of OOP in LabVIEW, and as a result my preferred workflow involves dragging a lot of functions from the project explorer window onto the block diagram. This workflow is slowed down, however by the fact that the project explorer window is regularly hidden by other windows when I click on them.

What I would like to see is something like most development IDEs have, e.g. Visual Studio, where I can have the project explorer always visible in a fixed position on the screen. I suggest this would be an option, so would not affect those who like things the way they currently are.

[X.]

@AQ: handy tip.

[ToeCutter]

@Dan, thanks for your contribution to the thread. I concur that your ideas are valuable refinement of my proposal.

As to the shortcut keys, it's all useful info, but not all of us are fans of using them.

[tst]

Highly useful workaround - assign Ctrl+Q to show the project instead of quitting:

I do love Ctrl+Shift+E and use it all the time, but because my projects tend to have relatively few items in them, that shortcut will often open up the long dependencies section. If I don't want to get to the current VI, Ctrl+Q works really well.

[Darren]

Available in LabVIEW NXG. The project contents are always visible on the left side of every NXG editor window.