Remember to use HotKeys

BullCharts has a number of keyboard shortcuts, or hotkeys, that can speed up your analysis tasks. It's well worth spending a few minutes to learn how to more efficient complete tasks that you're doing every day.

Here's a list of some of the more useful hotkeys. Check the manual for more. Where a shortcut is written as Key1+Key2, it means to hold down key1 and then press key2 while still holding the first one.

• F1 - Open help, or if you're editing an indicator, searches help for the selected keyword.
  
• F6 - Open/close the security manager
• F8 - Open/close the scan manager
• F7 - Maximise/minimise the current chart pane
• F11 - Turn fullscreen on/off
• +  - Zoom in on a chart
• -   - Zoom out on a chart
• Home - Go to the start of the chart history
• End - Go to the end of the chart history
• PageUp - Move back in the chart history
• PageDown - Move forard in the chart history
• Esc - Cancel the selected tool
• O,H,L,C,V,S - Snap a linestudy to a plot
  
• Ctrl+I - Insert an Indicator
• Ctrl+S - Save a chart
• Ctrl+O - Open a saved chart
• Ctrl+P - Print the chart
• Alt+Enter - Bring up properties for the selected item

Finally, remember the symbol overtype feature. This can be a huge timesaver.


Edited by Peter