TABLE OF CONTENTS General Keyboard Shortcuts Multi-Pane Chart Keyboard Shortcuts Periodicity Menu Shortcuts TPO Profile Chart Shortcuts Creating Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
| General Program Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Keyboard Shortcut | Result |
| Alt + O Key | Opens the Object Manager |
| Alt + P Key | |
| Shift + Alt + P Key | Takes Picture of Front Window |
| Alt + C Key | Create New Chart (Chart Setup Wizard) |
| Alt + R Key | Opens the RTL Editor Window |
| Alt + G Key | Start Data |
| Alt + K Key | Stop Data |
| Alt + N Key | Open Window Manager |
| Alt + 6 Key | Opens a Data Download Window |
| Alt + 4 Key | Opens the Data Status Window |
| Alt + 5 Key | Opens the System Status Window |
| Alt + V Key | Verify Database |
| Alt + B Key | Backup Database |
| Alt + U Key | Opens the Database Wizard |
| Ctrl + E Key | Opens Export Data Window |
| Alt + 7 Key | Opens the Import Data Window |
| Alt + 9 Key | Opens the View/Edit Data Window |
| Alt + 8 Key | Opens the Playback Window |
| Alt + A Key | Opens an Instrument Setup Window |
| Shift + Alt + A Key | Opens Alarms Window |
| Alt + Y Key | Opens a list of Preferences |
| Alt + ] Key | Next Layout |
| Alt + [ Key | Prior Layout |
| Alt + M Key | Open Message Log |
| Alt + L Key | Show/Hide Layout Toolbar |
| Alt + T Key | Show/Hide Active Toolbars |
| MultiPane Charts Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Keyboard Shortcut | Result |
| Scroll Wheel | Horizontal Zoom |
| Shift + Scroll Wheel | Vertical Zoom |
| Shift + ↑ or ↓ arrow keys | Vertical Zoom |
| Ctrl + Scroll Wheel | Vertical Scroll |
| Shift & Ctrl Keys + Scroll Wheel | Width of pixels per Bar |
| ↑ or ↓ arrow keys | Adjust width of pixels per bar by 1 pixel |
| → or ← arrow keys | Scroll right or left by a candle width at a time. |
| Ctrl + → or ← arrow keys | Scrolls right or left more rapidly than arrow key alone. |
| Home Key | Scroll to most recent right window in time |
| End Key | Scroll to oldest left window in time |
| Vertical Scale Drag Rt Side | Vertical Scroll |
| Vertical Scale Drag Lft Side | Vertical Zoom |
| Vertical Scale Ctrl + Click | adjusts order of elements in pane or title bar |
| Vertical Scale Shift + Click | Order Chart Pane Elements window |
| Vertical Scale Double click | Scaling preferences window |
| Vertical Scale Right click | Scaling preferences window |
| M/A/RA/O Button In Vertical Scale | Toggles through scaling methods: Automatic (A), Instrument Only (O), Manual (M), and Automatic Scaling With...(RA). |
| Horizontal Scale Drag to the right | Zoom out |
| Horizontal Scale Drag to the left | Zoom in |
| Horizontal Scale Dbl click | Chart Preferences window |
| Right click Horizontal Scale | Opens Chart Preferences window |
| Open Space (outside scale)Drag | Pans chart in any direction |
| Ctrl + T | Toggles Toolbar On/Off |
| Right Click Pane Title Bar | Shows Pane Ordering Preferences window |
| Double Click Pane Title Bar | Toggles Maximize function of window pane on/off |
| Ctrl + Double click Pane Title Bar | Makes all panes equal size |
| Shift + Double Click Pane Title Bar | Instrument pane gets 66% of the chart window; shares rest of space among remaining panes |
| Insert Key | Add Technical Indicator window |
| Enter | Update Instrument Window |
| Ctrl + Enter | Chart Preferences |
| Ctrl + I | Add Instrument to Chart |
| Ctrl + P | Save Picture of Chart |
| Space Bar | Downloads tick data for the current Session for active chart Instrument |
| Click | Selects any chart element |
| Tab | Selects next chart element (repeat until desired element is selected). |
| Shift + Tab | Selects prior chart element (selects in opposite direction). |
| Enter while element selected | Preference window for selected element |
| Double-click inside pane | List of elements in that pane (or preferences of one element if only one exists in pane). |
| Delete while element selected | Deletes selected element |
| Drag triangle left right | Increase/decrease look ahead space |
| Drag chart element | Move to another pane by dropping it there. Drop in horizontal scale or another pane title at bottom to create a new pane at bottom. |
| Ctrl+Drag Technical Indicator | Duplicates indicator in position where dropped |
| Strike Any Number | Periodicity preferences window |
| , Key | Opens the Periodicity Menu |
| . Key | Revise Charts View Period |
| Shift + Esc Key | Closes active Chart Window |
| * Key | Toggles white space On/Off for time based periodicities |
| - Key | Hides all of the active charts Indicators for 5 seconds (or press a second time to toggle). |
| Shift + - Key | Hides all of the active charts Indicators for 60 seconds. |
| Shift + Enter | Associate selected Indicator with a different Instrument |
| Periodicity Menu Keyboard Shortcuts | |
| Keyboard Shortcut | Result |
| D Key | Daily Periodicity |
| W Key | Weekly Periodicity |
| W Key | Monthly Periodicity |
| T Key | Ticks Per Bar Periodicity |
| I Key | Time Per Bar Periodicity |
| R Key | Range Per Bar Periodicity |
| C Key | Change Per Bar Periodicity |
| V Key | Volume Per Bar Periodicity |
| X Key | Switch to Point and Figure Periodicity |
| TPO Profile Chart Shortcuts | ||
| Keyboard Shortcut | Result | Notes |
| Tab | Show or Hide the Info Box | None |
| ↑ Key | Scroll Chart Up One Row | Only has effect when chart is too big vertically for visible window. |
| ↓ Key | Scroll Chart Down One Row | Only has effect when chart is too big vertically for visible window. |
| → Key | Scroll Chart Forward One Day/Profile | Decreases the "X" in "Show X Profiles/Days" by one |
| ← Key | Scroll Chart Back One Day/Profile | Increases the "X" in "Show X Profiles/Days" by one |
| Shift + → Key | Scroll Chart Forward One Day/Profile | Decreases the "X" in "Ending X Days Back" by one |
| Shift + ← Key | Scroll Chart Back One Day/Profile | Increases the "X" in "Ending X Days Back" by one |
| Shift + ↑ Key | Zoom In Vertically | Increases the "Show Height Range" values by one |
| Shift + ↓ Key | Zoom Out Vertically | Decreases the "Show Height Range" values by one |
| Ctrl + ↑ Key | Zoom In Horizontally | Increases "Block Width" by one. (for "Show Blocks" only) |
| Ctrl + ← Key | Zoom Out Horizontally | Decreases "Block Width" by one. (for "Show Blocks" only) |
| Ticker Symbol + Enter Key | Changes to that Ticker Symbol | Type in a new ticker symbol (like "MSFT") then hit Enter |
| Shift + Esc | Close the Chart | Also works on MultiPane Charts |
| Ctrl + Enter Key | Open Chart Preferences | The Ctrl + Enter Key combination will open prefs on most all windows |
| Double Click | Open Chart Preferences | Double Click anywhere inside the chart window |
| Shift + Click | Toggles Splits | Toggles Splitting of Letters for Profile clicked on |
| Ctrl + Click | Merges Profile Right | Merges the Profile clicked on with the one to it's right |
| Ctrl + Double Click | Splits Profile at Letter | Splits Profile into two Profiles at the clicked letter |
| Ctrl + Shift + Click | Removes Splits/Merges | Removes any splitting or merging from the chart |
| Shift + Move | Crosshairs/Highlighter | Hold down the Shift Key while moving cursor across chart. This only works when the InfoBox is active. |
| Shift + Click "Block" | Cycles Through Fonts | Hold down the Shift Key while clicking on the "Block" button in the InfoBox to cycle through all the available fonts. |