Configuring Run-Time Drag-and-Drop Behavior for Text-Based Controls

To enable users to drag and drop data between text-based controls in a VI, such as string, path, listbox, multicolumn listbox, and tree controls, you must configure drag-and-drop behavior for those controls. You can configure the drag-and-drop behavior of text-based controls in the following ways:

• Allow dragging from the control during run time.
• Allow dropping in the control during run time.
• Select between moving and copying data from the control.
• Allow dropping in controls other than the control from which the drag originated.
• Allow dragging of parent items in tree controls.
• Allow items dropped in tree controls to drop as parent items.

Enable multiple drag-and-drop settings simultaneously to configure specific behavior for text-based controls. For example, to enable dragging from a listbox to a tree control, you must allow dragging on the listbox, allow data from the listbox to drop in controls other than the listbox, and allow dropping in the tree control.

Allow Dragging from the Control during Run Time

Allow Dropping in the Control during Run Time

Select between Moving and Copying Data from the Control

Allow Dropping in Controls Other Than the Control from Which the Drag Originated

Allow Dragging of Parent Items in Tree Controls

Note  If you drag a parent item with child items from a tree control to another text-based control, only the parent item drops. Parent and child items drop only if you drop the items in another tree control.

Allow Items Dropped in Tree Controls to Drop as Parent Items