# C1Gauge Properties

C1Gauge control provides several properties that allow you to customize the appearance and behavior of the control. See more demos, documentation, and samples here.

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The [C1Gauge](/componentone/docs/win/online-gauges/) control includes several properties that allow you to customize the appearance and behavior of the control. The main properties of the C1Gauge control include:

*   **C1Gauge.Gauges** – the collection of gauges that can appear in the container control.
*   **C1Gauge.FaceShapes** – the collection of "background" shapes that appear between the control's background and gauges.
*   **C1Gauge.CoverShapes** – these are the "foreground" shapes that appear on top of everything.
*   **C1Gauge.Font** – specifies the default font for all gauge labels.
*   **C1Gauge.ForeColor** – sets the default color for all borders and labels in gauges and shapes.
*   **C1Gauge.BackColor** – sets the default filling color.
*   **C1Gauge.Shadow** – the default settings for all gauge shadows.
*   **C1Gauge.CacheBackground** and **C1Gauge.CacheForeground** – these properties specify whether all static background and/or foreground elements should be painted into off-screen images. Such images are drawn quickly when the current value changes. This improves performance at the cost of additional memory consumption.
*   **C1Gauge.SupportsTransitionEffect** – this property enables the ability for smooth transition between visual states of the control when the user calls the **C1Gauge.EndUpdate()** method with the ‘duration’ parameter.
*   **C1Gauge.FramesPerSecond** – sets the maximum frequency of repainting of the gauge container. You may decrease the value of this property to improve overall performance.
*   **C1Gauge.Selectable** – if True, the control is selectable and can receive input focus.

When some gauge is selected on the designer surface, it's easy to move selection to the owner **C1Gauge** control by clicking in the grab handle that appears at the top left corner of the control. An alternative way would be pressing the **Escape** key – this moves the selection to the owner control as well.

## See Also

[Gauge Components](/componentone/docs/win/online-gauges/gaugesforwinformscom/c1gaugeobjectsandusa/gaugecomponents)