Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 368)

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To show a color toolbar
 From the View menu, select Toolbars, and then click Foreground Colors or
Background Colors.
To close a color toolbar
 From the View menu, select Toolbars, and then click Foreground Colors or
Background Colors, or click the toolbar’s Close button.
Other methods for assigning colors
You can also assign colors using an object’s Properties dialog box or the Property Panel.
Use one of these methods if you want to assign separate colors to different foreground or
background color properties, or to choose colors that don’t appear in the toolbars.
For example, if you want to use a dark blue background color for a button, with a light
blue background color for its image label, you must assign the colors separately. Using the
toolbar would assign the same color to both properties.
Also use the Properties dialog box or Property Panel to change the default colors for
properties that cannot be assigned using the color toolbars.
Name objects
Objects (and groups of objects) are automatically given a name and number when you
create them, for example NumericInputEnable4. If desired, you can assign a more
meaningful name to the object, for example Conveyor_speed_input. Each object in a
display must have a unique name.
The object name appears in the status bar, Diagnostics List, Property Panel, and Object
Explorer in FactoryTalk View Studio, and in diagnostics log messages at run time.
To name an object in the Property Panel
1. Select the object.
2. In the Property Panel, click the Properties tab.
3. Double-click the (Name) row, and then type the name.
The name must start with a letter, and cannot contain spaces. You can use the
underscore character (_).
To name an object in its Properties dialog box
1. Double-click the object to open its Properties dialog box.
2. Click the Common tab.
3. In the Name box, type the name.