diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fd514d39b..f4639575dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 1. [#1805](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/1805): Assign a series consistent coloring when it appears in multiple cells
 1. [#1800](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/1800): Increase size of line protocol manual entry in Data Explorer's Write Data overlay
 1. [#1812](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/1812): Improve error message when request for Status Page News Feed fails
+1. [#1858](https://github.com/influxdata/chronograf/pull/1858): Provide affirmative UI choice for 'auto' in DisplayOptions with new toggle-based component
 
 ## v1.3.5.0 [2017-07-27]
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
index d8ae22d597..aea060b671 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 import React, {PropTypes} from 'react'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
+import OptIn from 'shared/components/OptIn'
+
 // TODO: add logic for for Prefix, Suffix, Scale, and Multiplier
-const AxesOptions = ({onSetRange, onSetLabel, axes}) => {
+const AxesOptions = ({
+  onSetYAxisBoundMin,
+  onSetYAxisBoundMax,
+  onSetLabel,
+  axes,
+}) => {
   const min = _.get(axes, ['y', 'bounds', '0'], '')
   const max = _.get(axes, ['y', 'bounds', '1'], '')
   const label = _.get(axes, ['y', 'label'], '')
+  const defaultYLabel = _.get(axes, ['y', 'defaultYLabel'], '')
 
   return (
     <div className="display-options--cell">
@@ -13,43 +21,31 @@ const AxesOptions = ({onSetRange, onSetLabel, axes}) => {
       <form autoComplete="off" style={{margin: '0 -6px'}}>
         <div className="form-group col-sm-12">
           <label htmlFor="prefix">Title</label>
-          <input
-            className="form-control input-sm"
+          <OptIn
+            customPlaceholder={defaultYLabel}
+            customValue={label}
+            onSetValue={onSetLabel}
             type="text"
-            name="label"
-            id="label"
-            value={label}
-            onChange={onSetLabel}
-            placeholder="auto"
           />
         </div>
         <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
           <label htmlFor="min">Min</label>
-          <input
-            className="form-control input-sm"
+          <OptIn
+            customPlaceholder={'min'}
+            customValue={min}
+            onSetValue={onSetYAxisBoundMin}
             type="number"
-            name="min"
-            id="min"
-            value={min}
-            onChange={onSetRange}
-            placeholder="auto"
           />
         </div>
         <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
           <label htmlFor="max">Max</label>
-          <input
-            className="form-control input-sm"
+          <OptIn
+            customPlaceholder={'max'}
+            customValue={max}
+            onSetValue={onSetYAxisBoundMax}
             type="number"
-            name="max"
-            id="max"
-            value={max}
-            onChange={onSetRange}
-            placeholder="auto"
           />
         </div>
-        <p className="display-options--footnote">
-          Values left blank will be set automatically
-        </p>
         {/* <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
           <label htmlFor="prefix">Labels Prefix</label>
           <input
@@ -90,12 +86,14 @@ const AxesOptions = ({onSetRange, onSetLabel, axes}) => {
 const {arrayOf, func, shape, string} = PropTypes
 
 AxesOptions.propTypes = {
-  onSetRange: func.isRequired,
+  onSetYAxisBoundMin: func.isRequired,
+  onSetYAxisBoundMax: func.isRequired,
   onSetLabel: func.isRequired,
   axes: shape({
     y: shape({
       bounds: arrayOf(string),
       label: string,
+      defaultYLabel: string,
     }),
   }).isRequired,
 }
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
index b21a3a39f3..15f9d34efa 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import defaultQueryConfig from 'src/utils/defaultQueryConfig'
 import buildInfluxQLQuery from 'utils/influxql'
 import {getQueryConfig} from 'shared/apis'
 
-import {buildYLabel} from 'shared/presenters'
 import {removeUnselectedTemplateValues} from 'src/dashboards/constants'
 import {OVERLAY_TECHNOLOGY} from 'shared/constants/classNames'
 import {MINIMUM_HEIGHTS, INITIAL_HEIGHTS} from 'src/data_explorer/constants'
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     this.handleClickDisplayOptionsTab = ::this.handleClickDisplayOptionsTab
     this.handleSetActiveQueryIndex = ::this.handleSetActiveQueryIndex
     this.handleEditRawText = ::this.handleEditRawText
-    this.handleSetYAxisBounds = ::this.handleSetYAxisBounds
+    this.handleSetYAxisBoundMin = ::this.handleSetYAxisBoundMin
+    this.handleSetYAxisBoundMax = ::this.handleSetYAxisBoundMax
     this.handleSetLabel = ::this.handleSetLabel
     this.getActiveQuery = ::this.getActiveQuery
 
@@ -48,25 +48,10 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
       queriesWorkingDraft,
       activeQueryIndex: 0,
       isDisplayOptionsTabActive: false,
-      axes: this.setDefaultLabels(axes, queries),
+      axes,
     }
   }
 
-  setDefaultLabels(axes, queries) {
-    if (!queries.length) {
-      return axes
-    }
-
-    if (axes.y.label) {
-      return axes
-    }
-
-    const q = queries[0].queryConfig
-    const label = buildYLabel(q)
-
-    return {...axes, y: {...axes.y, label}}
-  }
-
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
     const {status, queryID} = this.props.queryStatus
     const nextStatus = nextProps.queryStatus
@@ -94,22 +79,28 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     }
   }
 
-  handleSetYAxisBounds(e) {
-    const {min, max} = e.target.form
+  handleSetYAxisBoundMin(min) {
     const {axes} = this.state
+    const {y: {bounds: [, max]}} = axes
 
     this.setState({
-      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min.value, max.value]}},
+      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}},
     })
-    e.preventDefault()
   }
 
-  handleSetLabel(e) {
-    const {label} = e.target.form
+  handleSetYAxisBoundMax(max) {
+    const {axes} = this.state
+    const {y: {bounds: [min]}} = axes
+
+    this.setState({
+      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}},
+    })
+  }
+
+  handleSetLabel(label) {
     const {axes} = this.state
 
-    this.setState({axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, label: label.value}}})
-    e.preventDefault()
+    this.setState({axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, label}}})
   }
 
   handleAddQuery() {
@@ -258,9 +249,11 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
               ? <DisplayOptions
                   selectedGraphType={cellWorkingType}
                   onSelectGraphType={this.handleSelectGraphType}
-                  onSetRange={this.handleSetYAxisBounds}
+                  onSetYAxisBoundMin={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMin}
+                  onSetYAxisBoundMax={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMax}
                   onSetLabel={this.handleSetLabel}
                   axes={axes}
+                  queryConfigs={queriesWorkingDraft}
                 />
               : <QueryMaker
                   source={source}
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
index 693ad4da78..edbd71d1fc 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
@@ -1,31 +1,72 @@
-import React, {PropTypes} from 'react'
+import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react'
 
 import GraphTypeSelector from 'src/dashboards/components/GraphTypeSelector'
 import AxesOptions from 'src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions'
 
-const DisplayOptions = ({
-  selectedGraphType,
-  onSelectGraphType,
-  onSetLabel,
-  onSetRange,
-  axes,
-}) =>
-  <div className="display-options">
-    <GraphTypeSelector
-      selectedGraphType={selectedGraphType}
-      onSelectGraphType={onSelectGraphType}
-    />
-    <AxesOptions onSetLabel={onSetLabel} onSetRange={onSetRange} axes={axes} />
-  </div>
+import {buildDefaultYLabel} from 'shared/presenters'
 
-const {func, shape, string} = PropTypes
+class DisplayOptions extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props)
+
+    const {axes, queryConfigs} = props
+
+    this.state = {
+      axes: this.setDefaultLabels(axes, queryConfigs),
+    }
+  }
+
+  componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
+    const {axes, queryConfigs} = nextProps
+
+    this.setState({axes: this.setDefaultLabels(axes, queryConfigs)})
+  }
+
+  setDefaultLabels(axes, queryConfigs) {
+    return queryConfigs.length
+      ? {
+          ...axes,
+          y: {...axes.y, defaultYLabel: buildDefaultYLabel(queryConfigs[0])},
+        }
+      : axes
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      selectedGraphType,
+      onSelectGraphType,
+      onSetLabel,
+      onSetYAxisBoundMin,
+      onSetYAxisBoundMax,
+    } = this.props
+    const {axes} = this.state
+
+    return (
+      <div className="display-options">
+        <GraphTypeSelector
+          selectedGraphType={selectedGraphType}
+          onSelectGraphType={onSelectGraphType}
+        />
+        <AxesOptions
+          onSetLabel={onSetLabel}
+          onSetYAxisBoundMin={onSetYAxisBoundMin}
+          onSetYAxisBoundMax={onSetYAxisBoundMax}
+          axes={axes}
+        />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+const {arrayOf, func, shape, string} = PropTypes
 
 DisplayOptions.propTypes = {
   selectedGraphType: string.isRequired,
   onSelectGraphType: func.isRequired,
-  onSetRange: func.isRequired,
+  onSetYAxisBoundMin: func.isRequired,
+  onSetYAxisBoundMax: func.isRequired,
   onSetLabel: func.isRequired,
   axes: shape({}).isRequired,
+  queryConfigs: arrayOf(shape()).isRequired,
 }
 
 export default DisplayOptions
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/ClickOutsideInput.js b/ui/src/shared/components/ClickOutsideInput.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d54f748ca9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/ClickOutsideInput.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react'
+
+import onClickOutside from 'shared/components/OnClickOutside'
+
+class ClickOutsideInput extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props)
+
+    this.handleClickOutside = ::this.handleClickOutside
+  }
+
+  handleClickOutside(e) {
+    this.props.handleClickOutsideCustomValueInput(e)
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      id,
+      type,
+      customPlaceholder,
+      onGetRef,
+      customValue,
+      onFocus,
+      onChange,
+      onKeyDown,
+    } = this.props
+
+    return (
+      <input
+        className="form-control input-sm"
+        id={id}
+        type={type}
+        name={customPlaceholder}
+        ref={onGetRef}
+        value={customValue}
+        onFocus={onFocus}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+        placeholder={customPlaceholder}
+      />
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+const {func, string} = PropTypes
+
+ClickOutsideInput.propTypes = {
+  id: string.isRequired,
+  type: string.isRequired,
+  customPlaceholder: string.isRequired,
+  customValue: string.isRequired,
+  onGetRef: func.isRequired,
+  onFocus: func.isRequired,
+  onChange: func.isRequired,
+  onKeyDown: func.isRequired,
+  handleClickOutsideCustomValueInput: func.isRequired,
+}
+
+export default onClickOutside(ClickOutsideInput)
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js b/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
index e90fa28fd1..f030239ea4 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import getRange from 'shared/parsing/getRangeForDygraph'
 
 import {LINE_COLORS, multiColumnBarPlotter} from 'src/shared/graphs/helpers'
 import DygraphLegend from 'src/shared/components/DygraphLegend'
-import {buildYLabel} from 'shared/presenters'
+import {buildDefaultYLabel} from 'shared/presenters'
 
 const hasherino = (str, len) =>
   str
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export default class Dygraph extends Component {
       return label
     }
 
-    return buildYLabel(queryConfig)
+    return buildDefaultYLabel(queryConfig)
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/OptIn.js b/ui/src/shared/components/OptIn.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c372f4e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/OptIn.js
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react'
+import classnames from 'classnames'
+
+import uuid from 'node-uuid'
+
+import ClickOutsideInput from 'shared/components/ClickOutsideInput'
+
+class OptIn extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props)
+
+    const {customValue, fixedValue} = props
+
+    this.state = {
+      useCustomValue: customValue !== '',
+      fixedValue,
+      customValue,
+    }
+
+    this.id = uuid.v4()
+    this.isCustomValueInputFocused = false
+
+    this.useFixedValue = ::this.useFixedValue
+    this.useCustomValue = ::this.useCustomValue
+    this.considerResetCustomValue = ::this.considerResetCustomValue
+    this.setCustomValue = ::this.setCustomValue
+    this.setValue = ::this.setValue
+  }
+
+  useFixedValue() {
+    this.setState({useCustomValue: false, customValue: ''}, () =>
+      this.setValue()
+    )
+  }
+
+  useCustomValue() {
+    this.setState({useCustomValue: true}, () => this.setValue())
+  }
+
+  handleClickFixedValueField() {
+    return () => this.useFixedValue()
+  }
+
+  handleClickToggle() {
+    return () => {
+      const useCustomValueNext = !this.state.useCustomValue
+      if (useCustomValueNext) {
+        this.useCustomValue()
+        this.customValueInput.focus()
+      } else {
+        this.useFixedValue()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleFocusCustomValueInput() {
+    return () => {
+      this.isCustomValueInputFocused = true
+      this.useCustomValue()
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleChangeCustomValue() {
+    return e => {
+      this.setCustomValue(e.target.value)
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleKeyDownCustomValueInput() {
+    return e => {
+      if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === 'Tab') {
+        if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+          this.customValueInput.blur()
+        }
+        this.considerResetCustomValue()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleClickOutsideCustomValueInput() {
+    return e => {
+      if (
+        e.target.id !== this.grooveKnob.id &&
+        e.target.id !== this.grooveKnobContainer.id &&
+        this.isCustomValueInputFocused
+      ) {
+        this.considerResetCustomValue()
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  considerResetCustomValue() {
+    const customValue = this.customValueInput.value.trim()
+
+    this.setState({customValue})
+
+    if (customValue === '') {
+      this.useFixedValue()
+    }
+
+    this.isCustomValueInputFocused = false
+  }
+
+  setCustomValue(value) {
+    this.setState({customValue: value}, this.setValue)
+  }
+
+  setValue() {
+    const {onSetValue} = this.props
+    const {useCustomValue, fixedValue, customValue} = this.state
+
+    if (useCustomValue) {
+      onSetValue(customValue)
+    } else {
+      onSetValue(fixedValue)
+    }
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {fixedPlaceholder, customPlaceholder, type} = this.props
+    const {useCustomValue, customValue} = this.state
+
+    return (
+      <div
+        className={classnames('opt-in', {
+          'right-toggled': useCustomValue,
+        })}
+      >
+        <ClickOutsideInput
+          id={this.id}
+          type={type}
+          customPlaceholder={customPlaceholder}
+          customValue={customValue}
+          onGetRef={el => (this.customValueInput = el)}
+          onFocus={this.handleFocusCustomValueInput()}
+          onChange={this.handleChangeCustomValue()}
+          onKeyDown={this.handleKeyDownCustomValueInput()}
+          handleClickOutsideCustomValueInput={this.handleClickOutsideCustomValueInput()}
+        />
+
+        <div
+          className="opt-in--groove-knob-container"
+          id={this.id}
+          ref={el => (this.grooveKnobContainer = el)}
+          onClick={this.handleClickToggle()}
+        >
+          <div
+            className="opt-in--groove-knob"
+            id={this.id}
+            ref={el => (this.grooveKnob = el)}
+          />
+        </div>
+        <div
+          className="opt-in--left-label"
+          onClick={this.handleClickFixedValueField()}
+        >
+          {fixedPlaceholder}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+OptIn.defaultProps = {
+  fixedPlaceholder: 'auto',
+  fixedValue: '',
+  customPlaceholder: 'Custom Value',
+  customValue: '',
+}
+
+const {func, oneOf, string} = PropTypes
+
+OptIn.propTypes = {
+  fixedPlaceholder: string,
+  fixedValue: string,
+  customPlaceholder: string,
+  customValue: string,
+  onSetValue: func.isRequired,
+  type: oneOf(['text', 'number']),
+}
+
+export default OptIn
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/presenters/index.js b/ui/src/shared/presenters/index.js
index 430d860546..317f9dd791 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/presenters/index.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/presenters/index.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function getRolesForUser(roles, user) {
   return buildRoles(userRoles)
 }
 
-export const buildYLabel = queryConfig => {
+export const buildDefaultYLabel = queryConfig => {
   return queryConfig.rawText
     ? ''
     : `${queryConfig.measurement}.${queryConfig.fields[0].field}`
diff --git a/ui/src/style/chronograf.scss b/ui/src/style/chronograf.scss
index 55094c8cf9..7b8979a009 100644
--- a/ui/src/style/chronograf.scss
+++ b/ui/src/style/chronograf.scss
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 @import 'components/graph';
 @import 'components/input-tag-list';
 @import 'components/newsfeed';
+@import 'components/opt-in';
 @import 'components/page-header-dropdown';
 @import 'components/page-header-editable';
 @import 'components/page-spinner';
diff --git a/ui/src/style/components/opt-in.scss b/ui/src/style/components/opt-in.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8dee98d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/style/components/opt-in.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+  Opt In Component
+  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  User can toggle between a single value or any value
+*/
+.opt-in {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
+}
+.opt-in--left-label {
+  border: 2px solid $g5-pepper;
+  border-left: 0;
+  background-color: $g2-kevlar;
+  color: $c-pool;
+  font-family: $code-font;
+  padding-right: 11px;
+  border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
+  line-height: 24px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  cursor: default;
+  @include no-user-select();
+  transition: background-color 0.25s ease, color 0.25s ease;
+  &:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+}
+.opt-in--groove-knob-container {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  border: 2px solid $g5-pepper;
+  border-left: 0;
+  border-right: 0;
+  position: relative;
+
+  // Groove
+  > div.opt-in--groove-knob {
+    margin: 0 10px;
+    z-index: 3;
+    width: 28px;
+    height: 8px;
+    border-radius: 4px;
+    background-color: $g6-smoke;
+    position: relative;
+
+    // Knob
+    &:after {
+      content: '';
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 50%;
+      left: 50%;
+      width: 14px;
+      height: 14px;
+      border-radius: 50%;
+      background-color: $c-pool;
+      transition: background-color 0.25s ease, transform 0.25s ease;
+      transform: translate(0%, -50%);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Background Gradients
+  &:before,
+  &:after {
+    content: '';
+    display: block;
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    transition: opacity 0.25s ease;
+  }
+  // Left
+  &:before {
+    background-color: $g2-kevlar;
+    z-index: 2;
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  // Right
+  &:after {
+    @include gradient-h($g2-kevlar,$g3-castle);
+    z-index: 1;
+  }
+
+  &:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    > div:after {
+      background-color: $c-laser;
+    }
+  }
+}
+// Customize form input
+.opt-in > input.form-control {
+  border-radius: 4px 0 0 4px;
+  font-family: $code-font;
+  flex: 1 0 0;
+}
+// Right value toggled state
+.opt-in.right-toggled {
+  .opt-in--groove-knob:after {
+    transform: translate(-100%, -50%);
+  }
+  // Fade out left, fade in right
+  .opt-in--groove-knob-container:before {
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  // Make left label look disabled
+  .opt-in--left-label {
+    background-color: $g3-castle;
+    color: $g8-storm;
+    font-style: italic;
+  }
+}