Scrolling

Brief

The article describes all possible ways of scrolling a chart.

Details

Scrolling allows you to move vertically and horizontally through a chart to view the chart prices and periods that are out of the viewing area.

Keyboard Scrolling

You can scroll a chart horizontally within the chart data by pressing the ARROW keys.

• To view earlier periods, press the LEFT ARROW key.
• To view later periods, press the RIGHT ARROW key.

Also you can scroll a chart horizontally within the chart data by pressing the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keys. In this case the chart is scrolled back or forward approximately by the same number of periods as currently visible on the chart.

• To view earlier periods, press the PAGE UP key.
• To view later periods, press the PAGE DOWN key.

Moreover, you can scroll a chart to view the latest or the oldest period of the chart data using the HOME and END keys.

• To view the oldest period, press the HOME key.
• To view the latest period, press the END key.

Mouse Scrolling

Mouse scrolling allows you to move both horizontally and vertically through the chart. Unlike keyboard scrolling, horizontal mouse scrolling can be used to add new periods to the chart. The new periods are downloaded automatically once the chart is scrolled out of the chart data.

To scroll a chart by mouse

1. Point to the chart.
2. Scroll the chart horizontally/vertically:

• To see earlier periods, drag the pointer to the right or rotate the mouse wheel down.
• To see later periods, drag the pointer to the left or rotate the mouse wheel up.
• To see higher prices, drag the pointer down.
• To see lower prices, drag the pointer up.
  
  Note:

• You can scroll the chart to view later periods until the latest period is displayed at the left border of the chart.
• You can scroll a chart vertically only if the vertical autoscaling is disabled. See Scaling.

Automatic Scrolling

Automatic scrolling allows you to view the latest data as soon as they are received. Each time the latest period is added to the chart, the chart is scrolled automatically so that the latest period is displayed at the right border of the chart.

The automatic scrolling is enabled by default.

To disable/enable the automatic scrolling, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click Lock View.
• On the Chart menu, click Lock View.
• Right-click in the chart, and then click Lock View.
• Right-click in the time values, and then click Lock View.
• Press SHIFT + L.
  
  * In the FXCM Trading Station, you can also enable/disable automatic scrolling in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, and then click Lock View.

Scrolling to End

Scrolling the chart to the end allows viewing the last period of the chart.

To scroll a chart to the end, do one of the following:

• On the toolbar, click Scroll to End.
  
• On the Chart menu, click Scroll to End.
• Right-click in the chart, and then click Scroll to End.
• Right-click in the time values, and then click Scroll to End.
• Press END.
  
  * In the FXCM Trading Station, you can also scroll a chart to the end in the following way:
  On the Charts menu, point to Chart, and then click Scroll to End.