# Can I turn a thermometer into a bar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [August 27, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-turn-a-thermometer-into-a-bar/116924 "2026-08-27T16:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-turn-a-thermometer-into-a-bar/116924/6 "2026-09-03T04:56:17Z")
What would help most if if you had a sketch of what you want to produce, as there are some methods that may or may not work depending on the outcome you want. For example, if you wanted to have a linear scale against the bar, then having these both as independent components is going to cause you misalignment grief at slightly differing resolutions. > [@MovingAnalogIndicator - need more alarm levels](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/movinganalogindicator-need-more-alarm-levels/93268/2): > > Hmm, I guess that makes sense setting the range colour to the priority colour - I never thought about that. (shameless plug) I have finally added my analogue indicator to the exchange, awaiting review. While I use the same philosophy (H/L and HH/LL use same colour), you could easily modify my component to use 4 colours. It also overcomes some of the issues with the MAI. I embedded this component into an Analogue Instrument View template to use with an AI UDT which has the PV, alarm ranges, etc… This is what I typically use for analogue bars. It's a single SVG that contains the bar and the linear scale, as well as other things like static marker indicators (e.g. for showing alarm limits) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/can-i-turn-a-thermometer-into-a-bar/116924)._