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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Pencil Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Pencil Tool.png|center]]
| Pencil Tool
| colspan=2 | Pencil Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Line Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Line Tool.png|center]]
| Line Tool
| colspan=2 | Line Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Dropper Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Dropper Tool.png|center]]
| Dropper Tool
| colspan=2 | Dropper Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Fill Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Fill Tool.png|center]]
| Fill Tool
| colspan=2 | Fill Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Rectangle Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Rectangle Tool.png|center]]
| Rectangle Tool
| colspan=2 | Rectangle Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the '''Line Color'''
| Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the '''Line Color'''
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Filled Rectangle Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Filled Rectangle Tool.png|center]]
| Filled Rectangle Tool
| colspan=2 | Filled Rectangle Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the '''Line Color''' and fills the icon in the '''Fill Color'''
| Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the '''Line Color''' and fills the icon in the '''Fill Color'''
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Ellipse Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Ellipse Tool.png|center]]
| Ellipse Tool
| colspan=2 | Ellipse Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Filled Ellipse Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Filled Ellipse Tool.png|center]]
| Filled Ellipse Tool
| colspan=2 | Filled Ellipse Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Eraser Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Eraser Tool.png|center]]
| Eraser Tool
| colspan=2 | Eraser Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| Nothing
| Draws individual pixels as transparent
| colspan=2 | Draws individual pixels as transparent
| Draws individual pixels as transparent
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Text Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Text Tool.png|center]]
| Text Tool
| colspan=2 | Text Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Display the '''Text Tool''' page of the [[Icon Editor#Icon Editor Properties|Icon Editor Properties]] dialog box. Use this page to specify the font, alignment, and font size of the text you enter with the Text tool.
| Display the '''Text Tool''' page of the [[Icon Editor#Icon Editor Properties|Icon Editor Properties]] dialog box. Use this page to specify the font, alignment, and font size of the text you enter with the Text tool.
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Select Tool.png|center]]
| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Select Tool.png|center]]
| Select Tool
| colspan=2 | Select Tool
| Selects Tool
| Selects Tool
| Select the entire icon
| Select the entire icon
| colspan=2 | Draws selection rectangle.  '''Note:''' You can cut, copy, or move pixels only from user layers which doesn't include the Template or Text layers.
| colspan=2 | Draws selection rectangle.  '''Note:''' You can cut, copy, or move pixels only from user layers which don't include the Template or Text layers.
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Move Tool.png|center]]
| colspan=2 | Move Tool
| Selects Tool
| Nothing
| colspan=2 | Moves all pixels in the user layer you select. Use the Select tool to move pixels from multiple user layers at once.
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Horizontal Flip Tool.png|center]]
| colspan=2 | Horizontal Flip Tool
| Horizontally flips the selected user layer.  '''Note:''' You also can press the <F> key to flip a user layer you select.
| colspan=3 | Nothing
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| [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Clockwise Flip Tool.png|center]]
| colspan=2 | Clockwise Flip Tool
| Rotates the selected user layer in a clockwise direction. If you do not select a layer, this tool rotates all user layers.  '''Note:''' You also can press the <R> key to rotate a user layer you select.
| colspan=3 | Nothing
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| rowspan=3 | [[File:Icon Editor 2009-Color Selection Tool.png|center]]
| rowspan=3 | Color Selection Tools
| Line Color Selector
| Pops-up color selector for selecting '''Line Color'''
| colspan=3 rowspan=3 | Nothing
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| Fill Color Selector
| Pops-up color selector for selecting '''Fill Color'''
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| Swap Color Arrows
| Swaps the '''Line Color''' and '''Fill Color'''
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== Templates ==
== Templates ==


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The Icon Editor dialog box is a built-in tool in the LabVIEW IDE to help create custom icons for VIs. The VI Icon is an important documentation tool because it controls the appearance of the VI as a SubVI on the Block Diagram. In LabVIEW 2009 the Icon Editor was completely redone. This page is for the Icon Editor for LabVIEW 2009 and later. For the Icon Editor before LabVIEW 2009 see the page Icon Editor (LabVIEW 8.6 and Earlier).

Accessing the Icon Editor

To access the Icon Editor do one of the following: From the Block Diagram, Front Panel, or Control Editor windows:

  • Double-click on the Icon
  • Right-click on the Icon and select, Edit Icon...
  • Select File»VI Properties or File»Control Properties to display the VI Properties dialog box or Control Properties dialog box, respectively. Then select General from the Category pull-down menu and click the Edit Icon button.
  • Right-click a project library, statechart, class, or XControl item in the Project Explorer window and select Properties from the shortcut menu to display the corresponding Properties dialog box. Then click the Edit button on the General Settings page.

Editing Tools

The editing tools are the set of buttons right of the Icon Edit Area. The tools consist of the following:

Symbol Tool Name Actions
Single Click Double Click Left-Click in Edit Area Right-Click in Edit Area
Pencil Tool Selects Tool Nothing Draws individual pixels with the Line Color (or if starting pixel is the Line Color toggles to using the Fill Color) Draws individual pixels with the Fill Color (or if starting pixel is the Fill Color toggles to using the Line Color)
Line Tool Selects Tool Nothing Draws line by with Line Color Draws line by with Fill Color
Dropper Tool Selects Tool Nothing Selects the color clicked on as the Line Color Selects the color clicked on as the Fill Color
Fill Tool Selects Tool Nothing Fills all connected pixels of the Line Color Fills all connected pixels of the Fill Color
Rectangle Tool Selects Tool Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the Line Color Draws a rectangle with the Line Color Draws a rectangle with the Fill Color
Filled Rectangle Tool Selects Tool Adds a one-pixel border to the entire icon in the Line Color and fills the icon in the Fill Color Draws a rectangle with the Line Color as the border filled in with the Fill Color Draws a rectangle with the Fill Color as the border filled in with the Line Color
Ellipse Tool Selects Tool Nothing Draws an ellipse with the Line Color Draws an ellipse with the Fill Color
Filled Ellipse Tool Selects Tool Nothing Draws an ellipse with the Line Color as the border filled in with the Fill Color Draws an ellipse with the Fill Color as the border filled in with the Line Color
Eraser Tool Selects Tool Nothing Draws individual pixels as transparent
Text Tool Selects Tool Display the Text Tool page of the Icon Editor Properties dialog box. Use this page to specify the font, alignment, and font size of the text you enter with the Text tool. Either click places the starting position of the text. While text is active, you can move the text by pressing the arrow keys. Note: This text is not the same as the Text layer.
Select Tool Selects Tool Select the entire icon Draws selection rectangle. Note: You can cut, copy, or move pixels only from user layers which don't include the Template or Text layers.
Move Tool Selects Tool Nothing Moves all pixels in the user layer you select. Use the Select tool to move pixels from multiple user layers at once.
Horizontal Flip Tool Horizontally flips the selected user layer. Note: You also can press the <F> key to flip a user layer you select. Nothing
Clockwise Flip Tool Rotates the selected user layer in a clockwise direction. If you do not select a layer, this tool rotates all user layers. Note: You also can press the <R> key to rotate a user layer you select. Nothing
Color Selection Tools Line Color Selector Pops-up color selector for selecting Line Color Nothing
Fill Color Selector Pops-up color selector for selecting Fill Color
Swap Color Arrows Swaps the Line Color and Fill Color

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Templates

Icon Text

Glyphs

Layers

Icon Editor Properties

Best Practices

History

Version Change(s)
LabVIEW 2012 In LabVIEW 2012 the Icon API is released as Object-Oriented Classes. It allows for scripting Icons with access to Text, Glyph, and user layers.
LabVIEW 2011 In LabVIEW 2009 the Icon Editor was completely redone to allow different layers in an Icon with tabs for Templates, Icon Text, and Glyphs. See the page Icon Editor (LabVIEW 8.6 and Earlier) for the editor for LabVIEW 8.6 and earlier.

See also

External links

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