Smarter automatic naming

[tobikern]

When we create an input from an output and vice versa, the original name of the control/indicator is copied and a number appended. This usually results in a manual edit of the automatically generated name.

It would be nice to have a customizable list for input to output naming schemes where we can specify keywords and their substitutes...

For example in the form of "Control name" "Direction" "Indicator name"
In <> Out
in <> out
input <> output

 

Maybe we could even use it for unidirectional naming...
Control > Indicator
Input < Indicator

... or even more complex schemes with the help of regex... But a simple list which looks at the last word and generates a corresponding name would be really nice...

Thanks, Tobi

[fabric]

Duplicate from long ago: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Create-indicator-should-name-intuitively/idi-p/215548...

But still very much worth implementing!