There are several ways to navigate a chart.

Horizontal Scrolling (panning chart left or right)

You can pan the chart left or right via the following controls:

• Horizontal chart scroll bar at bottom of chart
• Left click and hold on chart canvas and drag left or right
• Mouse scroll wheel will scroll the chart back and forth through time (left to right) 3 bars at a time
• Mouse scroll wheel + CTRL key held down will scroll the chart back and forth 9 bars at a time
• Left arrow key will scroll the chart backwards one bar at a time
• Right arrow key will scroll the chart forwards one bar at a time
• Page Up scrolls back 1 page at a time
• Page down scroll forward 1 page at a time
• Home key will display the chart from the 1st bar of the loaded bar series
• End key will display the chart ending with the last loaded bar (most current in real-time) of the loaded bar series

If the current bar (last bar on the chart) is outside the visible range of the chart, an "Out of range" icon (a solid arrow head pointing at a bar) will appear in the top right hand corner of the chart (as illustrated below) and can be clicked on with the left mouse button to reset the current bar as the last visible bar on the chart. If the current bar is to the left of the right most edge, a hollow "Out of range" icon will appear.

Shrink/Grow Chart Panel Draw Objects (vertical scaling)

• Left click and hold your mouse button down in the y-axis margin while moving the mouse cursor up or down

Compress/Decompress Bar Spacing and Width (horizontal scaling)

• Right click and hold your mouse button down in the x-axis margin while moving the mouse cursor left or right

Incremental Bar Width and Spacing

• Up arrow key + CTRL key held down decreases bar spacing
• Down arrow key + CTRL key held down increases bar spacing
• Up arrow key + ALT key held down decreases bar width
• Down arrow key + ALT key held down increases bar width
• Click on the "Bar stye" chart toolbar icon to access bar width and spacing functions

Zooming

Zoom In - You can create a zoom frame around a chart area you want to focus in on

1. Click on the Zoom In icon on the tool bar or select the "Zoom In" menu within the right mouse button click context menu
2. Click and hold down your left mouse button and draw a zoom frame region and release the left mouse button

Zoom Out - Each zoom in is remembered and you can undo (zoom out) each of them. Either click on the Zoom Out icon in the chart tool bar or select the "Zoom Out" menu within the right mouse button click context menu.

Cursor Type

You can have either standard windows pointer, cross hair or global cross hair for chart navigation. You can toggle between cursor modes via the right mouse click context menu cursor sub menu, the "Cursor" chart toolbar icon or shortcut keys.

Shortcut Keys
Pointer - CTRL-R
Cross Hair - CTRL-Q

Global Cross Hair - CTRL-G