Patent ID: 8479218
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium comprising program instructions executable to: display a graphical program on a display, wherein the graphical program includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by wires indicating data flow among the nodes, wherein the plurality of interconnected nodes visually indicate functionality of the graphical program, wherein displaying the graphical program comprises displaying the plurality of interconnected nodes in a block diagram on the display, wherein each of the nodes is initially displayed in the block diagram at a respective initial horizontal coordinate; receive a request to automatically organize the graphical program; automatically organize the graphical program in response to the request, wherein said automatically organizing comprises: for each respective node with a desired horizontal coordinate different from its initial horizontal coordinate, automatically re-positioning the respective node to its desired horizontal coordinate within the block diagram, wherein the first node is automatically re-positioned leftward of the second node.