Block diagram does not open

[crossrulz]

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@girish53 wrote:

Yes, that was it. It created a block diagram window but did not open it. On right click when I selected Maximize it showed up. But I cannot resize it. When I click on resize-down button (top right corner) it disappears. Doesn't let me resize. Very strange. But this is progress. At least I will be able take a look at it. 

Thank you. 

Girish

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Another alternative would be to use Ctrl+T from the front panel.  This will put the front panel and block diagram side-by-side on the screen.  You can then drag the block diagram window and resize as you need.

[altenbach]

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@girish53 wrote:

But I cannot resize it. When I click on resize-down button (top right corner) it disappears. Doesn't let me resize.

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Once it is maximized, you should be able to grab it in the title bar (e.g. top middle) and drag to reposition. Then resize by dragging corners as needed.

[Kyle97330]

You could consider using this plugin, which should be included with your LabVIEW install:

Quick Drop Keyboard Shortcut – Arrange VI Window

It would help with this situation but if you keep it around it can make it much less of a pain to deal with similar situations in the future, and is also handy just in general for keeping your VIs contained to use the minimum amount of screen real estate while still showing everything.

Just press control-space to open quickdrop, control-F to trigger the plugin (unless you've custom-configured your quickdrop in another way).

[Frozen]

We had this discussion before about how to move windows (too lazy to look for the post)
My favourite mechanize to move windows with the keyboard is Window-Key+Arrow-key ( ⊞ → ) . It will cycle the active window between right-snap and left-snap across all active monitors. I don't recall if the key-combo work with Win7.

[Kevin_Price]

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@Frozen wrote:

My favourite mechanism to move windows with the keyboard is Window-Key+Arrow-key ( ⊞ → ) . It will cycle the active window between right-snap and left-snap across all active monitors. I don't recall if the key-combo work with Win7.

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That's my favorite too, and yes it works with Win7.

-Kevin P

[thols]

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@Kevin_Price wrote:

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@Frozen wrote:

My favourite mechanism to move windows with the keyboard is Window-Key+Arrow-key ( ⊞ → ) . It will cycle the active window between right-snap and left-snap across all active monitors. I don't recall if the key-combo work with Win7.

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That's my favorite too, and yes it works with Win7.

-Kevin P

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In some cases , that does not work, but  paul_cardinale's method always works. It can be a bit tricky though to do exactly like that.

If the OP has this issue, then the window should be visible while Alt+tabbing and in the taskbar I guess. 

[Frozen]

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@thols wrote:

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@Kevin_Price wrote:

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@Frozen wrote:

My favourite mechanism to move windows with the keyboard is Window-Key+Arrow-key ( ⊞ → ) . It will cycle the active window between right-snap and left-snap across all active monitors. I don't recall if the key-combo work with Win7.

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That's my favorite too, and yes it works with Win7.

-Kevin P

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In some cases , that does not work, but  paul_cardinale's method always works. It can be a bit tricky though to do exactly like that.

If the OP has this issue, then the window should be visible while Alt+tabbing and in the taskbar I guess. 

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It has always worked for me. 😎

The problem with Paul's method is that if the window is not visible, you do not know which way to move it. You could end up moving it farther away. With Window + Arrow, it will snap to the next available monitor so it will always become visible.