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title: Event Properties
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The **Event Properties** pane allows you to view and edit settings associated with Advanced events. To view the **Event Properties** of an event, select an event that is part of your presentation in the **Content** tab. Each event will have different properties associated with it. The Event Properties pane for all events will also contain Target State, View Options, and Advanced menus:

- Target State lets users change the state of the event (to transition to a new state, return to a prior state, or remain on the current state.
- View Options lets users change how the event is viewed in the content window by showing labels or lines, and positioning labels.
- Advanced allows users to add entry and exit commands to that state.
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# Common Event Properties

All event types have the following properties. For event-specific properties, see the event descriptions below.

- **Event Type**: The event type (e.g. Timeout, Zone Message)
- **Start State**: The state that the event is transitioning from

## Target State

Specify what should occur when the event is triggered:

- **Transition to new state**: The playlist will transition to a new state when the event is triggered. Use the dropdown list to specify the transition target.
- **Return to prior state**: The playlist will revert to the previous state when the event is triggered.
- **Remain on current state**: The state will not change when the event is triggered. This option is useful when you need to perform actions that are not immediately visible, such as sending a UDP command, altering the value of a user variable, or lowering the volume. These actions are performed by attaching [commands](docId\:az1YTDtEYH-Zp2Dbg_lBL) to an event.
- **Continuous**: Audio/video playback is unaffected when the event is triggered.
- **Stop playback**: Audio/video playback stops when the event is triggered, and the stopped frame is displayed for video files.
- **Stop playback and clear screen**: Audio/video playback stops when the event is triggered, and the playback area is cleared.

## View Options

Customize how the event is displayed in the playlist UI.

- **Show line**: Displays a line between the two states connected by the event.
- **Show label**: Displays numbered event labels on the two states connected by the event.

## Advanced

See the [Commands & Conditional Targets](docId\:az1YTDtEYH-Zp2Dbg_lBL) page to learn more about the options in the **Advanced** section.

Click on each individual event in the left panel for more info.

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