Edit element properties

You can control the appearance of an element, a group of elements, or multiple elements with functions on the toolbar and properties shown in the Properties Editor of the Industrial Graphic Editor.

Often you can edit an element by changing the values of its properties instead of using the mouse to perform the same function. This is useful when you want very exact editing, such as resizing an element to a specific width.

The Properties Editor shows the properties common to all selected elements.

• Read-only properties appear in grey.

• Non-default values appear in bold.

The Properties Editor not only supports values, but also allows input of color, font, and file information in the respective dialog boxes.

Properties are organized in categories so you can find them more easily. The following table shows the categories:

Note: If you opened the Industrial Graphic Editor from an HMI/SCADA application, there may be other tabs in the Properties Editor. For a description of these additional tabs, see the help file for your HMI/SCADA application.