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Allow Manual Movement of the Needle

This topic shows how you can configure a needle to be dragged by the end user. This functionality is useful because it allows the end-user to adjust the values on the scale that the needle is pointing to.

This topic assumes that you have a gauge already created. For information on how to create a gauge, see Creating a Gauge in Design View.

To allow manual movement of the needle on your gauge:

  1. In the Markers Editor, click on the RadialGaugeNeedle property, and from its properties, locate the AllowDrag property.

  2. Set the AllowDrag property to True.

  3. Close out all dialogs by clicking the OK Button(s).

  4. Save and run the application.

You can now drag the needle to point at different values on the scale of your gauge:

WinGauge allows manual movement of its radial gauge's needle.