# Edit a base object

Editing a base object on a global object display in the Global Objects folder is essentially the same as editing an object on a standard display in the Displays folder. The only differences are that certain options are not available on the Graphics menus, such as ActiveX Control on the Objects menu, because these items are not supported in global object displays.

To edit base objects, you can open the global object display that contains them in the Global Objects folder, the same way as you open any graphic display.

You can also open a global object display from a standard display via a reference object.

## To edit a base object from a reference object

1. Right-click the reference object on a standard display.
2. On the reference object's Context menu, click Edit Base Object.

   This opens the global object display containing the base object and selects the base object.

   Tip: | If you change an object's Name property or you delete a base object, this will break the links between the base object and any reference objects on standard displays that refer to it. If a base object within a grouped base object is deleted, the corresponding reference object in the grouped reference object will be deleted, but the link to the grouped reference object will not be treated as broken. The Display Settings (Properties and Behavior tabs) behave the same way for global objects displays as they do for standard graphic displays. They are not carried over to standard displays with the global objects.

## See also

Create global objects

Reference object properties