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Block Diagram Items get spread out.

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When aligning things on the block diagram (references, controls, indicators, local variables) - I usually organize them so that all my wires run directly into the bundle by name cluster.  
Similar to this example 

Relec_1-1713223959152.png

 

But lately when I open the block diagram, I notice everything has been shifted (see example below).  I imagine this is to prevent slight overlaps of the references, controls ...

This appears to be a recent thing.  I am not fond of the look and am wondering if it is a Block Diagram Option that I can turn off.  Currently using LabVIEW 2018, SP1.  I am not sure when this is happening or why.  If I realign things to look like the above example, then close the Panel and re-open it, I don't see any changes.  Even if I close LabVIEW completely.  So I am thinking it has done this once to all my panels (100's of panels and 1000's of vi's).  If it is an option that I turned on at some point or another developer has turned on, I would like to know what option so I can turn it off.  Or at least prevent it from happening again.  
Has anyone else seen this type of behavior.  It is basically a "vertical compress" applied to the references, controls, indicators, then shifting up to center them around the bundle.  

 Relec_0-1713223787209.png

 

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Windows 10.  

LabVIEW 2018 SP1.  

 

 

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This points to a systems font getting updated/changed.  In some recent version (2023?), there was an effort to try to standardize the size of the Bundle By Name along with others.


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Thank you.  

 

I believe I may have done it to myself then.  I have played around with fonts to try and standardize a size and type - probably some time in the last 6 to 8 months.  Then had a couple of months of mostly documentation work.  And now - last 3 - 4 months as I jump back into implementation I am starting to see all the damage. 

I will leave it as is for now.  Hoping to transition to LabVIEW 2023 at some point.  After that I will do some manual clean ups to panels that require changes. 

Thanks again


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