Disliked{quote} I have been using range bars for years, but I am not experiencing issues you mentioned. It probably depends on the generator, try other vendor.Ignored
MT4 navigational tips and techniques
- #1,024
- Apr 7, 2017 5:22am Apr 7, 2017 5:22am
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- #1,025
- Edited Apr 8, 2017 4:32am Apr 7, 2017 9:34pm | Edited Apr 8, 2017 4:32am
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The shortcuts I would really like to have are a) save template b) save profile Should be able to save the current template / profile quickly without all that selection of name, too much clicking when doing this regularly I find that if I don't save the Profile often, if MT4 crashes or is closed then it will reopen with "old" configurations Anybody seen shortcut keys for those process? Thanks
An example would be: Alt i l t (4 keystrokes). Try it and you'll see it begins drawing a Trendline object.
After hitting "Alt", notice the underlined menu letters! It's very subtle, but they appear! After the "Alt" key, then the menu has "Insert" (underlined "I"). Then at each sub-menu, other letters are underlined ).
However, you can compensate for lack of underlined letters by using the down, left, right, and up arrow keys, and sometimes Tab/Shift/Enter/others, to navigate most menus.
If you get a programmable keyboard/gamepad/mouse, including Logitech G13 gamepad, G600 mouse or other models, G510S keyboard, or several other keyboard models (but with fewer programmable keys), then you can program almost any set of keystrokes.
(These sets of keystrokes are like a "hack". They'll break if MT4 changes menus, but usually they don't. down = Down_Arrow, right = Right_arrow)
To save a Profile: Alt f down down down right down down Enter myProfName Enter Enter (This last Enter (to overwrite) is needed because after the 1st time, the name will already exist).
To save a Template: Alt c down down down down down down down right Enter 000 left Enter (I like name "000". It appears high on the templates list). (The last "left Enter" is to overwrite the template after the 1st time through).
If you walk through the above steps, you'll see how much you can accomplish with sequential keystrokes, then all you need is the keyboard device. (Like G13).
In my experience with Logitech programmable keyboards, a programmed list of back-to-back keystrokes come in too fast, so you might possibly need to insert brief delays here and there, like 10-50 milliseconds. You won't even notice, but it is necessary some times.
Another nice example of using a programmable mouse is to make the "Middle key" easier to access. This is for the MT4 crosshairs, to drag-and-measure a swing. I use it all the time. My mouse has 2 side buttons. The front one is usually "Forward" (in browsers), but I change it to be "Middle mouse key".
(Following is nothing much, but a word of caution)
A side-effect of a Middle-mouse-click, however, is if you do it over the "Charts Bar" (which is the list of charts you have open), it will BLOW AWAY the current one, and it's not even accessible again from the Deleted Charts! (I just figured that one out yesterday, wondering where the heck did some of my charts go. They would disappear in the blink of an eye. I've still no idea how to recover the chart! ).
I have keys to delete objects, edit the properties, make some edits, even to create Elliott wave labels. (Create Text objects and fill in the Description as "1", "2", etc.)
One can do a lot with programmable keyboards/mice/gamepads. I don't know how I would get by without them
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- Edited 5:11am Apr 8, 2017 4:29am | Edited 5:11am
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- #1,027
- Apr 8, 2017 4:33am Apr 8, 2017 4:33am
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{quote} Obviously it would be better if MT4 had a full set of "Alt"-accessed-keystrokes for every command. They have some, but not for Profile nor Template. An example would be: Alt i l t (4 keystrokes). Try it and you'll see it begins drawing a Trendline object. After hitting "Alt", notice the underlined menu letters! It's very subtle, but they appear! After the "Alt" key, then the menu has "Insert" (underlined "I"). Then at each sub-menu, other letters are underlined ). However, you can compensate for lack of underlined letters by using the down,...
Thanks for an in depth post about how to do that, seems you are light years ahead of me in that department and I shall be sticking with the old method.
I still click the disc icon in Word and Excel as a habit from 20 years past although I believe it auto saves every 2 minutes or something nowadays
I do use the press mouse wheel to bring up the cross hairs to measure pips or count bars, very handy.
That reminds me, have you every seen a Fibonacci that would display the pips between the 0 and the 100 lines?
I always thought that would be kind of neat.
Thanks again, much appreciated, I will re-read it again now to glean any further nuggets of information
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- Edited 5:13am Apr 8, 2017 4:53am | Edited 5:13am
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{quote} Thanks for an in depth post about how to do that, seems you are light years ahead of me in that department and I shall be sticking with the old method. I still click the disc icon in Word and Excel as a habit from 20 years past although I believe it auto saves every 2 minutes or something nowadays
I am light years beyond that too, but using my own private tools, which -- sorry -- are so complex to use I'd be doing tech support forever if I tried to share. It's a big bundle/jumble of stuff too complicated even for me sometimes, but I make good use of it -- or blame the programmer (me) when it breaks. I'm sure I've seen some indicator previously, like swings with #pips marked. It's not "hard", but as with any program, you calculate something easily, then take forever to figure out how to display it in the right spot/size/offset.
#pips = MathAbs( pr1 - pr2 ) / Point; (or "(Point*10.0)" for true pips, not pipettes, for most broker feeds these days).
- #1,029
- Apr 8, 2017 4:57am Apr 8, 2017 4:57am
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Guys, is there any keyboard shortcut to change timeframes? Control+F6 travels through all opened charts. If I could have a shortcut to change to different timeframes - that would be gold!
Try hold down Control with left thumb and tap the Tab with index finger
I am assuming that you have say 28 charts open for the main pairs?
If you do a Arrange Windows with the icon shortcut or Alt+R and then Maximize the first chart, the Ctrl+Tab will cycle them in order
And if you have the Metatrader timeframes icon at the far right of toolbars, it's easy to click those to examine each chart
Or there are Buttons available now that appear on the chart so easy to click those to change Pair or Timeframe
check here --> https://www.forexfactory.com/showthr...84#post9188784
On another chart I use these buttons to check for Daily signals on all pairs, no need to change timeframes, see attachment
Good luck
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- Apr 16, 2017 4:41pm Apr 16, 2017 4:41pm
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{quote} Hi Botan626, Suggest you delete all existing multiple charts until you have one remaining. Then go File, New Chart and open a second chart. Continue the sequence until you have the required number of charts. Now by using the Ctrl+Tab you will cycle through the tabs as you have created them regardless of the order you drag them to.
Sorry
- #1,039
- Apr 17, 2017 9:12pm Apr 17, 2017 9:12pm
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For an optimum level of zoom that allows to clearly see supports and resistances AltGr + down arrow
However, as always, a simple "+" key does a zoom in, making bars wider, viewing less time.
A simple "-" key does a zoom out.
Are these the same actions as what you are referring to?
P.S. I stumbled upon some other keystrokes: It so happens that holding Ctrl+Alt+down_arrow_key rotates the video 180 degrees, therefore it appears upside down. Assuming one's monitor is oriented normal as expected, I can't think of any good reason to use it, since time would go forward right-to-left. The "left_arrow_key" or "right_arrow_key" are 90 and 270 degree rotations, should one happen to rotate a monitor similarly, to get a taller screen and therefore taller charts, which could be useful, but such a feature is usually built in to rotatable monitors. (The up_arrow_key restores to normal orientation).
- #1,040
- Apr 18, 2017 12:33am Apr 18, 2017 12:33am
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{quote} Oops I tried my idea but it didn't work ha ha . It seems to change each time you start prg. Sorry
