4.3 Keyboard shortcuts for controls

While a VI runs, you can press the <Tab> key to change the key focus from one control to the next. The key focusis the same as if you had clicked the control. While a control has the key focus, you can use the keyboard to enter the controlvalue. If the control is a text or numeric control, LabVIEW highlights the text so you can edit it. If the control isBoolean, press the spacebar or the <Enter> key to change its value.

You also can assign keyboard shortcuts to controls so users can navigate the front panel by pressing other keys. Right-click thecontrol and select Advanced>>Key Navigation from the shortcut menu to display the Key Navigation dialog box.

Select the shortcut key you want to assign to the control in the Key Assignment section. The front panel control names that appear in the Current Assignments listbox correspond to the owned labels of those controls.

To prevent users from accessing a control by pressing the <Tab> key while the VI runs, place a checkmark in the Skip this control when tabbing checkbox .