A Vertical Cylinder is simply a cylinder that is always vertical. Because it is always vertical it responds to changes in vertical scale of the scene.
Name: Object name as seen in the Object Manager
Visible: Show/Hide the object
Position: X and Y coordinate for the center of the cylinder in scene coordinates
Radius: Top and bottom cylinder radius
Height: Cylinder height in scene units
Slices: Number cylinder slices
Opacity: Degree of opacity. 1=fully opaque, 0=fully transparent (enabled when Blending Mode = Transparency)
Color: Color
Advanced: Shows the advanced Material Editor