# Set up states for a Maintained Push button

se the States tab of the Maintained Push button Properties dialog box to set up states for the button.

## To set up states for a Maintained push button

1. In the Graphics Display editor, double-click the button to open its Properties dialog box.
2. Click the States tab.
3. In the Select state list, click State 0.
4. Specify these properties for State 0:
   - Value
   - General appearance
   - Caption, if any
   - Image, if any
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for State 1 and the Error state.

Once you set up the general, caption, and image properties for one state, copy and paste the state’s properties to another state or to all states.

## See also

About the Maintained push button’s error state

Create Maintained push buttons

Configure the Maintained push button (General tab)

Set up controls for the Maintained push button (Connections tab)

Copy and paste state properties