Deprecated Class Properties

[kegghead]

When deprecating a VI it is important to alert the programmer. Most of the time I'll color the icon for the VI a different color than others in the same library/class as a hint, "Hey, I'm different, you had better look at the documentation if you plan on using me!".

However when dealing with class properties, you don't see the icon so this hint can easily be missed. Internally LabVIEW will color code property or invoke nodes if they call "super-secret" or deprecated interfaces. It would be ideal if this functionality was exposed such that we could take advantage of it in classes:

This idea stemmed from a discussion over at lavag.

[Darren]

For the benefit of search (and understanding), can you (or a mod) edit this whole post (including the screenshot) to say 'deprecated', not 'depreciated'?

[dthor]

Yes, please edit the post. I do, however, agree with the idea behind it. Kudos!

[kegghead]

I realized shortly after posting that I made the mistake, but don't appear to be able to edit the post?

[tst]

Click the Idea Options button and then Report to a Moderator.