Timer Feature Request

[PLCGuy]

It is possible to carry over the description and other info from the Timer to the .done, .reset, .timing and .zero?.   Example I label on the right power rail for T0 as Delay. Then in the next rung I use T0.done. It comes up blank. Can the "Delay" be carried over and self label? I 99% of the time do not change this description or label. Of course you still have the option of Ctrl+ D. To change it.

How many others use the same info for the timer elements of .done, .timing, .reset, .zero as the main timer info?

Can you tell I have been doing a lot of work with the Do More lately?

[Mike Nash]

Me too. I know this has come up before and that the dot fields are not automatically created. But it does add a bunch of extra steps to have to either manually add it in the doc editor when I add the description for the base address, or wait until I use and accept the dot field in ladder before I can describe it.

My preference would be carry the descriptions from the base address to the dot fields. I don't usually feel any need to give a different description for the bits and pieces.

Please feel free to substitute whichever technical terms I really meant as needed.

[franji1]

This is a very good idea.  Will add it to our feature list.

[BobO]

Nickname actually does this already. If you create a nickname for the structure itself, fields inherit it automatically, unless you create a nickname for the field itself. It does not currently do that for Extra Info and Description, although it wouldn't be particularly difficult to do.

[PLCGuy]

you guys are awesome. I know you heard that before.

Hope I am not being a pain with all this. 

[BobO]

Hope I am not being a pain with all this. 

Not at all. For the most part, we don't use DmD the way y'all do and we don't see the problem the way y'all do, so we miss stuff at times. Please point it out when we do.