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VI Properties Editor by Redhawk - Toolkit for LabVIEW Download

Utility for mass editing properties and documentation of VIs and their individual controls

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Version1.0.0.19
ReleasedFeb 21, 2026
Publisher Redhawk
License MIT
LabVIEW VersionLabVIEW>=20.0
Operating System Windows, Mac, and Linux
Project links Homepage   Repository   Discussion

Description

VI Properties Editor is a free, open-source utility that allows the user to mass edit VI properties and documentation by loading a folder, project, library, or class. After installing, it can be found in Tools > Redhawk > VI Properties Editor.

Features of VI Properties Editor:
- View VI Description formatted so that bold tags become bold text
- Ctrl-B shortcut to add bold tags to VI Description, Ctrl-Shift-B to remove nearest tags
- View all controls or only controls on the connector pane
- Copy a VI's properties to all other VIs with the same name
- Add or edit copyright info for all VIs or one-by-one
- Filter and sort VIs by custom filters which can leverage regular expressions
- Filter on saved data or edited data
- History of last 10 folders selected kept in Recent Folders
- History of last 10 projects/libaries/classes selected kept in Recent Files
- History of last 10 custom filters used kept in Recent Filters
- Optional confirmation dialogs for various high-risk actions

Properties of VIs that can be edited:
- Window Title
- Same as VI name?
- VI Description
- Help Path
- Help Tag
- Control names (labels)
- Control descriptions
- Control tip strips

The source code for this utility is a fork of VI Properties Editor by Merecs Engineering, which itself is a fork of VI Properties Editor by NI. See the associated GitHub repository for links to those upstream sources. If you find a bug or have a suggestion for an improvement, feel free to create an issue on GitHub.

Release Notes

1.0.0.19 (Feb 21, 2026)

- Initial release

redhawk was a contributor to this release


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