LabVIEW Idea Exchange
(This is an extension of my related recent idea.)
When double-clicking a VI template (*.vit) in explorer or opening one from the file dialog, the *.vit is opened as the existing template for editing. This is not expected behavior and I argue that it should always open as a new VI containing the template code.
(Similarly, if you save a word document as template (e.g. containing a form letter with the company letterhead) and later open it, we always get a new document containing the template content. This is the standard and expected behavior for templates!)
If the new default action for VITs is to open as a new VI, we of course need a different mechanism to open a template for editing. In the simplest case we can of course just save it again as template, overwriting the existing template, but maybe there should be a new menu entry, e.g. "open template for editing", that would mimic the current behavior.
IDEA: If a VI template is opened, it should always open as a plain new VI containing the template code.
