Ctrl+i "Insert" Quick-Drop: Better handle of multiple wires for improved LVOOP support

[_carl]

When using the insert quick-drop option, it works great when wiring something into a single wire.

However, when working with multiple wires, it just inserts a new VI on each wire. This could be improved upon to better support the standard LVOOP workflow where you'd want to pass two wires through each VI.

I find that this is the scenario where the quick-drop option could be most-useful, however the current implementation really isn't very useful in this scenario at the moment.

[_carl]

One more note on this: ctrl+w (for auto-wiring snippets of code) has similar issues with LVOOP -- would be such a time-saver if this was updated to work well with class methods too.

[fefepeto_kb]

You can use the shift modifier to insert a VI on multiple wires and it works great with OOP. I use it all the time for property nodes and invoke nodes.

For the wiring shortcut, I think you shall be more explicit about the issue, so that it can be identified what shall be changed.

[joerg.hampel]

Felipe beat me to it with the shift modifier, but can I suggest that you replace the built-in shortcut with this plugin which also supports inserting from the clipboard (which I use all the time):

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Quick-Drop-Enthusiasts/Insert-from-Clipboard/m-p/3521480

And then, also replace the Replace one:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Quick-Drop-Enthusiasts/Replace-from-Clipboard/m-p/3521544

Try it now, thank me later 😛

[_carl]

Fantastic, I didn't know about the shift option here -- thanks guys!

[Darren]

The Ctrl-Shift-I shortcut with Quick Drop allows inserting a single object on multiple selected wires.