# Options on the General tab of the Alarm List Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Alarm List Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
Appearance | Specify the object's appearance in this area.
Border style | Select a border style for the object.
Border width | Type the number of pixels for the width of the object’s border.
Back style | Specifies the object background. Available options are: Solid. The object’s background is filled with a solid color specified in the Back color option. Gradient. The object's background is filled with a linear gradient color.
Border uses back color | Select this check box to use the object’s background color for the border of the object. Clear this check box to use the selected Border Color.
Back color | This box shows the current background color for the object. Click it to select another color. If the background style is gradient, click it to open the gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill.
Border color | This box shows the border color for the object. Click it to select another color. If Border uses back color is not selected, this color appears at run time.
Header back color | This box shows the current color for the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color.
Header fore color | This box shows the current color for the text in the heading bar at the top of the object. Click it to select another color.
Selection back color | This box shows the color for the highlight bar. Click it to select another color. The highlight bar indicates the selected alarm at run time.
Selection fore color | This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted alarm. Click it to select another color.
Text | The text properties apply to the alarms in the alarm list when they are not selected.
Font | Select the font to use for the alarm text.
Size | Select the font size to use for the alarm text.
Bold, Italic, Underline | Select a font style for the alarm text, if required.
Other |
Key navigation | Select this check box to allow the user to navigate to the object using the keyboard and give the object input focus.
Wrap around | Select this check box if you want the list to wrap from the end of the list to the beginning when scrolling down, and from the beginning of the list to the end when scrolling up.
Use Alarm Identifier | Select this check box to write the alarm identifier value assigned to the alarm message to the tag specified for the AlarmIdentifier connection.

## See also

Set up general properties for an alarm list

Configure the gradient fill

Set up connections for an alarm list

Options on the Message tab of the Alarm Setup editor

AlarmIdentifier