Setting the Navigation Order of Front Panel Objects
The tabbing order determines the navigation order while a VI is running. The tabbing order also determines the order in which the controls and indicators appear in the records of datalog files you create when you log the front panel data. LabVIEW uses the order in which you place objects on the front panel or in a tab control as the default tabbing order.
Complete the following steps to change the tabbing order.
Select Edit»Set Tabbing Order to activate the tabbing order edit mode for the front panel. To set the tabbing order of controls and indicators on a tab control page, right-click the page and select Reorder Controls In Page from the shortcut menu.
The appearance of the front panel changes in tabbing order edit mode, as shown in the following illustration. The white boxes on the controls and indicators show their current places in the tabbing order. Black boxes show the new place in the tabbing order. These numbers are identical before you make changes.
Enter a number in the Click to set to field in the toolbar. You cannot enter a number greater than the number of controls and indicators on the front panel or tab control.
Click an object with the tabbing order cursor to set the object's place number as the number displayed in the Click to set to field in the toolbar. Notice that LabVIEW automatically renumbers the other objects on the front panel or tab control based on their original order.
Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all elements are in the order you want.
When the tabbing order you want is displayed in the black boxes, click the OK button to accept the new tabbing order and exit tabbing order edit mode. Click the X button in the toolbar to revert to the old tabbing order and exit the tabbing order edit mode.
Run the VI and press the <Tab> key to navigate the controls or indicators on the front panel or tab control. Use the left and right arrow keys to navigate the pages of the tab control.