1. A system for indicating a default value for a property of a selected object to a user within a graphical user interface (GUI) of a program module, the property having a value and a state that can be set, the state of the property being one of a default state and a user-set state, the value of the property being assigned the default value when the state is the default state, the system comprising: a GUI control having first, second, and third interface elements, the first interface element being configured to indicate the value of the property to the user, the second interface element being configured to indicate the state of the property to the user, the third interface element being configured to indicate the default value for the property to the user when the state of the property is the user-set state.