# Options on the General tab of the Control List Selector Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the General tab of the Control List Selector 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. 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 captions (if any are defined for the object). If the object’s back style is 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 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.
Pattern color | This box shows the current pattern color for 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.
Blink | Select this check box if you want the object’s background to blink at run time. The blink rate is twice per second. At run time the selected state does not blink; only the background of the object blinks. If a pattern style is selected, the pattern also blinks.
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.
Number of states | Select the number of states for the object.
Other |
Write on enter | Select this check box to write to the data source when the operator presses the Enter key button or the Enter key on a keyboard or keypad, while the object is selected on the display. Clear this check box to write the state value to the data source as soon as a new state is selected.
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 control list selectors

Set up states for the control list selector

Set up connections for the control list selector

Configure the gradient fill

Set up general properties for a control list selector object