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

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

Options | Descriptions
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Select state | Click the state for which to set up properties.
Value | Type the integer value to use for each state. The Value connection changes to this value when the selected state is in effect. Values for states whose Access is other than None should be unique. Values for states whose Access is None need not be unique.
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.
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.
Caption back style | Select whether the caption’s background is Solid or Transparent. If you select Transparent, the object’s background is not filled in and any objects behind it show through.
Alignment | Specifies how the caption is positioned on the object.
Access | Specify whether the state can be selected by an operator, a remote controlling device, both or neither. Operator and Remote. Both an operator and a controller can select the state. This is the default setting. Operator. Only an operator can select the state Remote. The state can only be selected remotely. None. The state cannot be selected.

## See also

Create piloted control list selectors

Configure the piloted control list selector

Set up handshaking for the piloted control list selector

Set up connections for the piloted control list selector

How the control list selector works at run time