1. A method, comprising: receiving, at an operator interface of a run-time environment of a process plant, an indication of an override to at least a portion of an instance of a graphic element object executing in the run-time environment, the graphic element object instance (i) configured, in a configuration environment of the process plant, from the graphic element object and defining a shape, a dynamic graphical behavior, and multiple visual representations of the shape, (ii) instantiated from the graphic element object into the run-time environment, and (iii) executing, in the run-time environment, in an instance of a display object, the display object instance comprising a plurality of graphic elements, the display object instance (i) configured, in the configuration environment, from the display object, (ii) instantiated from the display object into the run-time environment, and (iii) executing in the run-time environment and thereby linked to a respective process element, and the display object instance providing real-time data generated by the respective process element corresponding to real-time control of an industrial process by the process plant; generating a definition of the override and storing the override definition separately from a stored configuration of the graphic element object instance, thereby causing the override definition to be available for use separately from the graphic element object instance; applying, in the run-time environment, the override definition to the at least the portion of the graphic element object instance, thereby generating a modified graphic element object instance; and executing, in the run-time environment, the modified graphic element object instance in the display object instance.