# Set up auto repeat for a Ramp button

If you set up auto repeat, when the operator presses and holds down the Ramp button, repeated button presses are registered until the operator releases the button. For each button press, the application sends the new ramped value to the data source.

Tip: | If the Ramp button is in auto repeat mode, the application ramps the value that was previously sent to the Value connection, rather than reading the connection from the data source and ramping the current connection value. This means that external changes to the Value connection are not recognized while the button is in auto repeat mode.

## To set up auto repeat for the Ramp button

1. In the Graphics Display editor, double-click the object to open its Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Timing tab.
3. Specify the auto repeat settings to use with the Ramp button.

## See also

Create Ramp buttons

Set up general properties for a Ramp button

Set up connections for the Ramp button

How the Ramp button works at run time

Causes of run-time errors for the Ramp button