Connector tab colors and signal data types

When you activate View > Data Types and de-activate View > Presentation Mode, the connector tabs on blocks are colored to indicate the types of data (or signals) entering and exiting the blocks. The following table lists all the data types and their corresponding connector tab colors.  

Connector Tab Color

Data Type

 Yellow

Scaled Integer

 Light red

Float

 Red

Double

 Light magenta

Structure

Magenta

Matrix COMPLEX

 Dark magenta

Matrix double or COMPLEX

 Purple

String

 Light green

Char

Green

Short, integer, or enum ComboItem

 Dark green

Long

 Light blue

Unsigned char

 Blue

Unsigned short

 Dark blue

Unsigned long or void

 Cyan

Pointer

Note: For plots, polar plots, meters, and stripCharts, the input connector tabs reflect the color of the signal trace, not the data type.