# Batch Edit of Component Security Parameters **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231 "2011-08-29T18:27:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlexW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/1 "2011-08-29T18:27:13Z")
If I am designing and wish to edit the security settings of a bunch of selected controls, I can only do this individually. Feature request is to allow editing component security if I have ctrl+clicked on more than one component This is V7.2.4, ignore if already possible. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/2 "2011-09-08T23:42:43Z")
This is something we’re aware of. Actually component security is slated for a major re-vamp relatively soon, so this will be part of it. ---
**Author:** ![AlexW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/3 "2011-11-03T22:07:13Z")
Another nice thing would be to set it so that components don’t have that greyed out appearance when the person doesn’t have access rights. For example a numeric display with the security parameters set to view but not access will have the grey overlay which makes it difficult to read and hurts the overall visual appearance. Yes you can set individual component security settings to eliminate this, but without the aforementioned batch editing of security parameters this makes editing a screen with 50-60 components a real pain. I’d be nice to be able to control how disabled components appear in terms of if they have an overlay or not perhaps on a project level. ---
**Author:** ![AlexW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5a626/32.png) [@AlexW](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlexW)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/4 "2011-12-20T22:30:32Z")
Any chance of seeing the ability to select a bunch of components in the designer and change the security settings at once? Currently the security settings are greyed out in the right click menu if you select more than one item in the designer On most of my screens I will have no security settings on displayed values but will have them on buttons. (this is so that everything is not greyed out when a client without privileges views the page) Changing security settings one at a time is a hassle, especially for dense screens. ---
**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/5 "2011-12-23T00:43:36Z")
The ability to multi-edit security settings for component is coming as part of a larger overhaul of the component security system. This is tentatively slated for 7.6, which should come out near the middle of next year. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/batch-edit-of-component-security-parameters/3231/6 "2011-12-23T18:45:19Z")
7.6 in 6 months ❓ when is 7.5 planned for? and what goodies are planned for it? Alerting overhaul?