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

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the List Indicator 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.
Pattern style | Select a pattern for the object. The pattern appears on the face of the object. The pattern does not cover the object’s border or displayed value. If the object’s back style is transparent or gradient, the pattern is not visible.
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.
Pattern color | This box shows the current pattern color for the object. Click it to select another color.
Selection fore color | This box shows the color for the caption on the highlighted state. 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 current state at run time.
Blink | Select this check box if you want the text to blink at run time. The text blinks twice per second.
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.
Caption truncate | Select Word if you want captions that exceed the maximum length to be cut off at the beginning of a new word. Select Character if you want the caption to be cut off whenever the maximum caption length is reached, even if this occurs in the middle of a word. The maximum caption length depends on the width of the object and the font size. When a caption has been truncated, the application places an asterisk (*) at the right end of the caption to indicate that text is missing.
State settings |
Number of states | Select the number of states for the object.
Trigger type | Select Value to allow the object to trigger a state based on the value of the Value connection. Select LSB to allow the object to trigger a state based on the least significant bit that is set high in the Value connection.

## See also

Create list indicators

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a list indicator object