# Designer Default Settings

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** vision\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219 "2023-08-01T13:17:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![James\_Summers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@James\_Summers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James_Summers)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219/1 "2023-08-01T13:17:42Z")

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HI Everyone

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the default step duration time for custom style animation?  
I want stuff to blink for 500 ms. It would be so much easier if I could just change this once instead of for every object I want to blink.

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**Author:** ![James\_Summers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47c2d/32.png) [@James\_Summers](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/James_Summers)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219/2 "2023-08-01T13:18:18Z")

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I'm using v 7.8 btw.

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**Author:** ![zbinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zbinder/32/28918_2.png) [@zbinder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zbinder)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219/3 "2023-08-02T19:26:47Z")

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You could create an expression tag set to

```auto
ceil(getMillis(now(500))/500) % 2

```

and bind your visibility to that.

Pros:  
-Looks cleaner when you have your items blinking in sync instead of haphazardly.  
-Can easily change blink rate globally.

Cons:  
-Not sure if it's good to have the gateway executing an expression this frequently. At least it's simple.

(There's probably a better way to write the expression.)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-default-settings/77219/4 "2023-08-02T19:48:28Z")

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> [@zbinder](#):
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> to have the gateway executing an expression this frequently

This is Vision. No reason such a tag couldn't be created as a client tag, not a gateway tag. Or a similar expression on the root container of a main window (synchronizing the blink for the whole window).