Is there a way to unhide a control at edit-time?

[MarredCheese]

This should be a simple question; I'm probably missing something obvious.  Sometimes I will be working on an application that I can't run because my computer is not hooked up to the necessary hardware, like motor controllers or DAQ.  In that program, I have controls or indicators whose "visible" property gets toggled with property nodes.  If I happen to save the program when one of these controls is hidden, I have no way of unhiding it without running it (which I can't do on my computer).  While it is hidden, I can get a peek at it by double clicking the terminal on the block diagram, but that's not much use.  You can always right click controls and go to advanced>>hide, but when they are already hidden, the option is still "hide" in the menu, not "unhide".  Is it really impossible to unhide controls without a property node?

[Darren]

You can run [LabVIEW]\project\_ShowHidden\ShowHidden Core.vi.  Assuming the VI in question is already open, just specify its name in ShowHidden Core.vi, and all hidden controls/indicators will be shown.

[jack47 · Accepted solution]

If you 'right-click' on the terminal in the block diagram you can select 'Show control' or 'Show indicator' and they will become visable on the front panel.

[MarredCheese]

Interesting, it works.  What if I need to unhide a single control?

I think I'll suggest that NI change "hide" to "unhide" in the right click menu once a control is hidden.

[Darren]

If you want to unhide a single control, the easiest thing would be to find its terminal on the diagram and choose Show Control.

[MarredCheese]

Oh, nice.  I thought hitting show control was just like double clicking it, but you are right - it makes it permanently visible again.

Thanks you guys!