# Options on the General tab of the RecipePlus Table Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the RecipePlus Table Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
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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. Transparent. The object’s background is not filled and any objects behind it show through. 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 transparent, the application does not use this background color. If the background style is gradient, click it to bring up 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.
Fore color | This box shows the color of the text shown on the object. Click it to select another color.
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 currently selected ingredient at run time.
Selection fore color | This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted ingredient. Click it to select another color.
Footer back color | This box shows the color for the background of the text at the bottom of the object. Click it to select another color.
Footer fore color | This box shows the color for the text at the bottom of the object. Click it to select another color.
Grid color | This box shows the current color of the grid lines on the object. Click it to select another color.
Text | The text settings apply to the numeric values in the display.
Font | Select the font to use for the text.
Size | Select the font size to use for the text.
Bold, Italic, Underline | Select a font style for the 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.

## See also

Create a RecipePlus table

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a RecipePlus table object