Standard Gauge Properties

Overview

Most gauges share a standard set of gauge properties described below. In addition to these standard properties, many gauges have additional properties that are described in their relevant section.

Standard Properties

The standard gauge properties are as follows:

Property	Description
Name	The name is used to identify the gauge. Dash Design assigns a name to a new gauge automatically. The gauge is also automatically renamed when changing the gauge text for Text Label gauges or changing the Input for all other gauges. This makes it easy to identify the purpose of a gauge in any lists or editors.
Input	The output used by the gauge.
Minimum	The value at which a gauge starts, for example the start value of a bar gauge.
Maximum	The value at which a gauge finishes, for example the end value of a bar gauge.
Resolution	The resolution of the bar or tacho gauge. This is the value change that will move the bar or tacho to the next segment.
Label Frequency	Labels are drawn at every Label Frequency multiplied by the resolution.
Font	The font used by the gauge. See Font Editor . The Font property also allows changing the size and style of the font in-place.
Format	Determines how numbers are formatted in the gauge. See the Value Formatting section for more information.
Special Format	Displays internal system values. See the Value Formatting section for more information.
Left	The left most (x) position of the gauge.
Top	The top most (y) position of the gauge.
Width	The width of the gauge. Some gauges are sized implicitly on their contents in which case the Width property will not be available.
Height	The height of the gauge. Some gauges are sized implicitly on their contents in which case the Height property will not be available.
Background	Colour of the gauge background.
Line	Colour of the graticules and/or outline of the gauge.
Fill	Colour in which to draw a filled part of the gauge, for example the part of a bar graph that has data.
Text	Colour of all text in the gauge.