Horizontal Line Options
Brief
The article explains how to customize the options of Horizontal lines.
Details
The term Horizontal Line applies to all lines on a chart created with the Add Horizontal Line command of the Add Line tool.
You can customize the line options in a variety of ways: select line colors, styles, and widths, show or hide line tags, etc.
To customize the options:
Horizontal Line Options
Option |
Description |
Horizontal line color |
The option allows selecting the default color of horizontal lines: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice. |
Horizontal line width |
The option allows selecting the default width of horizontal lines: click in the option row, highlight or delete the existing value, and then type or select a width value of your choice. The values are whole numbers from 1 through 5. |
Horizontal line style |
The option allows selecting the default style of horizontal lines: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then, in the list that appears, click a style of your choice. The values are Solid line, Dashed line, Dotted line, Dashes and dots, and Dashes and double dots. |
Show horizontal line in background |
The option allows selecting how to show horizontal lines on a chart by default: in the background (behind the chart bars) or in the forefront (in front of the chart bars). To select, click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True. |
Show horizontal line tag |
The option allows selecting whether to show a horizontal line tag in the price axis by default or not: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True. |
Horizontal line tag text color |
The option allows selecting the default color of horizontal line tag text: click in the option row, click the ellipsis button, and then, in the Color palette that appears, select a color of your choice. |
Select text color of horizontal line tag automatically |
The option allows selecting whether the text color of a horizontal line tag is selected automatically by default or not: click in the option row, click the arrow button, and then click a value of your choice. The values are False and True. |
To enable the modified values, click OK at the bottom of the dialog box.