# Drawing objects

Drawing objects are static objects used to illustrate your graphic displays. Create drawing objects on your graphic displays to help the operator understand how to use the display. For example, draw a rectangle around a group of buttons to separate the group from other elements in the display, or place text on the display to give the operator instructions.

All the objects on the Object > Drawing menu are drawing objects.

Use drawing objects to interact with the data source if you attach animation to them.

You can attached the following types of animation to drawing objects:

- Color
- Fill
- Height
- Horizontal position
- Horizontal slider
- Rotation
- Vertical position
- Vertical slider
- Visibility
- Width

The exceptions are:

- Image and panel objects support visibility animation only.
- Rounded rectangle object does not support rotation animation.

  Tip: | To see examples of how to use drawing objects on your graphic displays, look through the sample graphic displays in the Graphics Library. The samples show how to use visual design elements, such as color and arrangement, to make your displays easy to use. For better run-time performance, convert static background drawing objects such as image objects, ellipses, arcs, or wedges, into wallpaper. Wallpaper objects do not print.

## See also

static objects

Create text

Create images

Create panels

Create rectangles and squares

Keywords: drawing object