# \`gauge\` option suggestion

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [15 September 2019 08:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549 "2019-09-15T08:06:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [17 September 2019 20:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/gauge-option-suggestion/15549/13 "2019-09-17T20:41:34Z")

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Ok. That sort of makes sense. (Not blaming you)

But when I look at this link: [Gauges](http://bl.ocks.org/brattonc/5e5ce9beee483220e2f6) they don't have anything I can discern as a `ui control` node.

It puts all the extra stuff in _routines_ like this:

```auto
    var gauge1 = loadLiquidFillGauge("fillgauge1", 55);
    var config1 = liquidFillGaugeDefaultSettings();
    config1.circleColor = "#FF7777";
    config1.textColor = "#FF4444";
    config1.waveTextColor = "#FFAAAA";
    config1.waveColor = "#FFDDDD";
    config1.circleThickness = 0.2;
    config1.textVertPosition = 0.2;
    config1.waveAnimateTime = 1000;

```

Which can kind of get. It is still a foreign language to me, but I can/am starting to see the structure there.

And, looking at what you sent me in the flow, it is similar to that code.

I'll keep trying to get my head around it. Thanks.  
What is also _not_ helping is that there are no options in `ui control`. So that in itself sort of confuses me. But as you said/explained

> [@hotNipi](#):
>
> This is related how server side and Dashboard communicate.

So I'll put it down to that for now.

Again: I appreciate your help with this.

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