Placing a label or any other object over a control or indicator, or partially covering a control or indicator, slows down screen updates and can make the control or indicator flicker. To avoid these issues in the user interface of your VI, reorder the objects.

Use the Reorder pull-down menu (Curved arrows depicting a circular flow.) to move objects relative to each other.

To reorder objects that are stacked on top of each other, complete the following steps.

  1. Select the object you want to move.
  2. Select the Reorder pull-down menu (Curved arrows depicting a circular flow.).
  3. Select from the following options:
    • Moves the selected object one position higher in the stack: Move Forward (Ctrl+K)
    • Move the selected object in the stack one position back in the stack: Move Backward (Ctrl+J)
    • Move the selected object in the stack to the top: Move To Front (Ctrl+Shift+K)
    • Moves the selected object in the stack to the back: Move To Back (Ctrl+Shift+J)
    Note The Ctrl key in these shortcuts corresponds to Option or Command on macOS or to Alt on Linux.
Note You also can reroute all existing wires and rearrange all existing objects on the block diagram automatically.