# Custom display components

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 9, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682 "2013-12-09T17:12:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![dotvalue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dotvalue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dotvalue)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682/1 "2013-12-09T17:12:45Z")

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I see all types of gauges and tanks and things that I can link to tags my projects.

But what I was wondering is how I could create my own custom components to add to projects, just to give a different kind of look and feel.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682/2 "2013-12-09T17:25:26Z")

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One way would be to use the existing component set and the drawing tools to make your own templates. In 7.7 there will be a way for users to share templates they’ve created both privately and publicly.

Alternatively, and much more difficult/advanced, would be to use the module SDK to develop your own custom components. This requires experience programming with Java and a lot more time though.

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**Author:** ![dotvalue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dotvalue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dotvalue)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682/3 "2013-12-09T18:27:25Z")

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How would I go about getting a developer key to develop some custom modules? This does interest me greatly, before I was a programmer I was a graphic designer… So I could make some cool things.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/custom-display-components/7682/4 "2013-12-09T18:30:43Z")

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