Chart Element Options

Chart Element Options

Brief

The article explains how to customize chart elements: tools, legends, labels, and lines.

Details

You can customize the appearance of chart elements in the following ways: select colors and fonts of numbers and letters, line colors, widths, and styles, as well as presence or absence of certain elements on a chart.

To customize chart elements

Do one of the following:

On the File menu, click Options.

Right-click anywhere in the chart, and then, in the menu that appears, click Options.

* In the FXCM Trading Station, the command is available on the System menu.

The Options dialog box appears.

In the left-hand panel, click Chart View Options.

In the right-hand panel, scroll to display the required options and customize them at your choice. For convenience, the options are grouped as follows:

Price panel and Legend location options
For more information, see the Price Panel article.

Option	Description
Show Price panel	The option allows showing or hiding the price panel on a chart: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.
Price panel location	The option allows selecting the price panel location on the chart: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the list that appears, select a value of your choice. The values are Upper left, Upper right, Lower left, and Lower right.
Show the Confirmation dialog box when moving the Price panels	The option allows deactivating and activating the Confirmation dialog box appearance when moving the Price panels around open charts: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are False and True.
Chart Legend location	The option allows selecting the chart legend location on a newly-created chart: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the list that appears, select a value of your choice. The values are Upper left, Upper right, Lower left, and Lower right.
Show the Confirmation dialog box when moving the Legends	The option allows deactivating and activating the Confirmation dialog box appearance when moving the Legends around open charts: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are False and True.

Price panel rate options

Option	Description
The default font color of Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the price panel rates when the market is closed: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of expired Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the expired price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of indicative Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the indicative price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of unavailable Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the unavailable price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of unchanging Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the unchanging price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of increasing Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the increasing price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
The font color of decreasing Price panel rates	The option allows selecting the font color of the decreasing price panel rates: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Ruler options
For more information, see the Measure Distance article.

Option	Description
Ruler line color	The option allows selecting the color of the ruler line: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Ruler text color	The option allows selecting the color of the ruler text: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Label options
For more information, see the Labels article.

Option	Description
Label text font	The option allows selecting the font and size of the text in a chart label (a label created with the Add Label command): click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the Font dialog box that appears, select values of your choice.
Label text color	The option allows selecting the color of a chart label (a label created with the Add Label command) text: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Label background color	The option allows selecting the color of the background of a chart label (a label created with the Add Label command): click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Element label text color	The option allows selecting the color of a chart element's label text: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.
Element label background color	The option allows selecting the color of the background of a chart element's label: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice.

Other element options

Option	Description
Tool timeout	The option allows selecting a time span (in seconds) after which a tool is automatically disabled: click in the option row, highlight or delete the existing value, and then type a value of your choice. The value is any whole number.
Fade out orders/positions	The option allows fading out all orders and positions that are not associated with the selected order or position: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes. For more information, see the Fading Out Orders/Positions in the Marketscope Help.
Show current value	The option allows showing or hiding the current value of an indicator's price or tick volume in the chart legend: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then select a value of your choice. The values are No and Yes.

To enable the modified values, click OK at the bottom of the dialog box.

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