# Options on the General tab of the Gauge Properties dialog box

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

Options | Descriptions
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Appearance | Specify the object's appearance in this area.
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.
Line style | Select the line style. If you select a style other than Solid, the line width must be 1 pixel. Dash-Dot and Dash-Dot-Dot show as Dot on the PanelView Plus family terminals. The line properties apply to the dial outline and tick marks.
Line width | Type the number of pixels for the width of the object's line. Any line style other than solid must have a width of 1 pixel.
Sweep style | Specify whether to color the area behind the needle as the value changes. Select Solid fill or Gradient fill to use the fill color to color the portion of the gauge behind the needle that has a value less than or equal to the Value connection. Select Point to point the needle at the value of the Value connection.
Needle width | Type the number of pixels for the width of the gauge’s needle.
Major ticks | Select the number of major ticks on the scale. You must use at least two major ticks (one for each end of the dial).
Minor ticks | Select the number of minor ticks on the scale. This number of ticks appears between each major tick.
Font | Select the font to use for the legends. Specify whether to use legends on the Display tab.
Size | Select the font size to use for the legends.
Bold, Italic, Underline | Select a font style for the legends, if required.
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.
Fill color | This box shows the current fill color for the gauge. Click it to select another color. If the sweep style is gradient, click it to bring up the Gradient fill dialog box to configure the gradient fill. This color is not used if you select point for the sweep style. If you specify thresholds for the gauge, you can also assign a fill color to each threshold on the Display tab.
Needle color | This box shows the current needle color for the gauge. Click it to select another color.
Fore color | This box shows the current color for the gauge's scale, that is, the curved line and the ticks that form the dial shape. Click it to select another color.

## See also

Create gauges

Configure the gradient fill

legend

Set up general properties for a gauge object