# Label Effects

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 31, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506 "2013-10-31T20:11:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cacordova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@cacordova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cacordova)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506/1 "2013-10-31T20:11:42Z")

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Is there a way where I can add effects to the Label? Like fade in or fade out?

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**Author:** ![RRRancher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@RRRancher](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/RRRancher)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506/2 "2013-10-31T20:26:01Z")

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You could vary the label’s foreground and background transparencies at a desired rate to make them fade in and out. It would take some coding to do that, but I don’t think it would be that hard.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506/3 "2013-10-31T20:46:13Z")

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Here’s a window to play with. Uses a timer, and and expression binding the foreground color/transparency of a label.

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**Author:** ![cacordova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@cacordova](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cacordova)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506/4 "2013-11-01T20:06:36Z")

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I tried it and it worked great! Thanks!

One more thing though, how can I add the effect on the box of the checkbox?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/label-effects/7506/5 "2013-11-02T12:37:55Z")

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Don’t think you can, unless the IA guys have something.

You can, however, put a rectangle over the checkbox the same color as your background, the apply the effect to the Fill Color. The checkbox will still be selectable.