Colored Broken Wires

[rex1030]

There should be an option to let broken wires have color. Wires connected improperly may not need color, but disembodied wires that have one end or the other connected and one end disconnected should have the dotted color of the original wire so that they can be reconnected easier. The little arrows could stay there to indicate direction and source.

[muks]

But then how many colors can be given?

[Intaris]

I think this only works f the SOURCE of the wire is connected but the sink not.

A wire which is connected to a sink but not the source doesn't HAVE a data type.

Shane.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

> But then how many colors can be given?

I think rex1030 is speaking specifically of wire branches that have a single source but no sink -- the "loose ends" types of wires. 

It's an easy thing to tweak in the code. Loose ends already have special code since a wire can be well connected with both source and sink but have a loose end sticking off of it.  The loose end draws differently. It would be easy enough to remove that differentiation, but I wonder if that would be helpful in many cases, since it would be harder to recognize that something is broken (there are people who turn off the red Xs in their Tools>>Options).

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Shane wrote:

> A wire which is connected to a sink but not the source doesn't HAVE a data type.

I suppose we could color the wire the color of the sink. That might give a hint as to the type of source that is expected, which I think is rex1030's use case. Might be helpful when you delete a node and need to reconnect wires that were on either side of the node. Wouldn't help in a lot of polymorphic sink terminal cases, though... worth thinking about, but I'm not sure how useful it would be. 

[rex1030]

And like I said, it could be a user-selectable option.

[rex1030]

Also I am talking about open ended wires, not misconnected wires. If the source color is known, use that. If the sink color is known use that.

[muks]

>>Also I am talking about open ended wires, not misconnected wires. If the source color is known, use that. If the sink color is known use that.

 I am still not getting it properly. A chaotic look is what we have been used to when it come to seeing broken wires. Any color can be be mis leading right? any takers for this point?

[RavensFan]

I agree with you there,  Muks.  I want broken wires to be obviously broken.  If you need to see what datatype the wire might be, then there are the little colored trianges on each side of the red X to identify the data types on each side of the break.

[Spectre_Dave]

I agree with muks and Ravens Fan.  It is obvious now when a wire is broken but how do we differentiate a broken wire with color.  Using  dashed or dotted color lines for broken wires would cause more confusion especially when dealing with Boolean wires.

I am one of those who turns off the Red xs - as they are distracting

[muks]

>>I am one of those who turns off the Red xs - as they are distracting

You are not alone......