Option to Link chart windows to each other (detailed expansion of this request)

Created at 16 Jun 2015, 01:04
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bruceb

Joined 14.06.2015

Option to Link chart windows to each other (detailed expansion of this request)
16 Jun 2015, 01:04


Suggested improvements for workspaces:

1. Different saved workspaces should appear as individual tabs and consume the (now empty) space between the "Help" and "Links" drop down menus. This will allow for much easier switching between workspaces and not consume any chart space.

2. In any workspace that has more than one chart, each chart should have two options appear in the right-click menu- "Lock chart symbol" and "Lock chart time frame."

All charts in a workspace locked by symbol:

-Could not be deleted and could not have their respective symbol changed until unlocked.

-Would change their time frames in unison when the time frame is changed on any one of the locked charts.

-Would move forward or backwards in time (in terms of bars appearing) in unison when any single locked chart is moved forwards or backwards (whether it's by dragging the chart, scrolling the mouse wheel, using the arrow keys, or using the time bar tab on the bottom of the chart).

-Would change their magnification level in unison when the magnification is changed on any locked chart.

-Would have the cursor, crosshair, or market snapshot pointer appear on all locked charts when placed over any one of the locked charts, and would move in unison from one bar to the next relative to the chart's time frame.

All charts in a workspace locked by time frame:

-Could not be deleted and could not have their time frames changed until unlocked.

-Would have their symbol changed in unison when the symbol is changed on any one of the locked charts.

-Would move forward or backwards in time (in terms of bars appearing) in unison when any single locked chart is moved forwards or backwards (whether it's by dragging the chart, scrolling the mouse wheel, using the arrow keys, or using the time bar tab on the bottom of the chart) relative to the underlying time frame. For example, assume a workspace with four locked charts with time frames M1, M5, M15, H1. If the M1 chart is scrolled forward to reveal 60 bars, the M5 chart will automatically scroll forward 12 bars, the M15 will scroll 4 bars, and the H1 will scroll 1 bar.

-Would change their magnification level in unison when the magnification is changed on any single locked chart.

-Would have the cursor, crosshair, or market snapshot pointer appear on all locked charts when placed over any one of the locked charts, and would move in unison from one bar to the next relative to the chart's time frame.

All charts in a workspace that are locked by both symbol AND time frame:

-Could NOT have their symbol or time frame changed.

-Would move forward and backwards in time in unison.

-Would change magnification in unison.

3. A 4th workspace layout type should be created called "Symbol List Layout." This would be similar to the Market Analysis Layout, but the key differences would be:

-To maximize chart space, only a single column would appear on the left side with just the symbols appearing (no current price, % change, bid, ask, etc.).

- Above this column would only appear two (condensed) tabs- "Symbols" and "Watchlist."

-Clicking on a symbol will NOT bring up any extra information or the buy/sell controls as in the Market Analysis Layout.

-Clicking on a symbol would only perform one function- all charts on the workspace would automatically change their symbol to the one chosen, unless the user had locked the symbol for that chart (see above). If a single chart is being displayed, all charts appearing as a tab above would also have their symbol changed to the one chosen, unless that chart was locked.

4. In all workspace types, charts should have a color-coded border that indicates whether it is symbol locked, time frame locked, both, or neither. The color border could even appear around the tabs of charts.


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