# Options on the States tab of the Display List Selector Properties dialog box

The following table shows the options on the States tab of the Display List Selector Properties dialog box.

Options | Descriptions
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Select state | Click the state for which to set up properties.
Display Settings |
Display | Specify the display to open when the operator highlights this state and presses Enter. To select from a list of the graphic displays in the project, click the Browse button (…).
Parameter file | Select this option if the display's run-time parameter values will be provided by a parameter file. Click the Browse button (...) to open the Component Browser and select the parameter file to run when the operator highlights this state and presses Enter. The list contains all of the parameter files in the project. A parameter file assigns tags to tag placeholders in the display when the display opens.
Parameter list | Select this option if the display's run-time parameter values will be provided by a parameter list. Click the Browse button to open the Tag Browser and select the tag or tags to add to the list.
Display position | Check this box to use the Top position and Left position for the display. These properties apply only to On Top displays (with or without the Cannot Be Replaced option).
Top position | Type the number of pixels from the top of the screen to position the display.
Left position | Type the number of pixels from the left edge of the screen to position the display.
Caption | Enter the text for the state. The text appears on the face of the object, to give the operator information about the current state.
Use display name | Check this box to use the name of the display as the caption for this state. This caption appears in the display list at run time.
Insert Variable | Click this button to select the type of variable to be inserted.
Caption color | This box shows the current text color for the caption when the state is not selected. Click it to select another color.
Caption back color | This box shows the current background color for the caption when the state is not selected. Click it to select another color. If the caption background style is transparent, the application does not use this caption background color.
Caption blink | Select this check box if you want the caption to blink at run time. The caption blinks twice per second.
Alignment | Specifies how the caption is positioned on the object. If the object shape is circle or ellipse, the position is relative to the object's bounding box.

## See also

Create display list selectors

Configure the display list selector

Insert a numeric variable

Insert a string variable

Copy and paste state properties