Fixed Chart Position Triangle Doesn't Show Up

 

Fixed Chart Position Triangle on the bottom-left corner of the chart doesn't show up even after you disable Auto Scroll. Can someone please tell me how I'm supposed to activate it?

And assuming that you can help me activate it in the first place, why oh why does it change the position of the chart when you change timeframes in MT5? Why doesn't it work like how it used to in MT4? I know this because I've read the other forums about it.

 

Okay I fixed the problem of it not showing up:

Go to your template file and change fixed_pos=0.000000 to fixed_pos=1.000000 and then save the file and load this new template. You can see the triangle on the bottom-left corner IF the Auto Scroll is OFF. Alternatively, you can change scroll=1 to scroll=0 three lines above the fixed_pos line.

But now that it's fixed, it doesn't work how it should. Or maybe I just don't know how to use it. Help please?

 
new.metatrader: Fixed Chart Position Triangle on the bottom-left corner of the chart doesn't show up even after you disable Auto Scroll. Can someone please tell me how I'm supposed to activate it? And assuming that you can help me activate it in the first place, why oh why does it change the position of the chart when you change timeframes in MT5? Why doesn't it work like how it used to in MT4? I know this because I've read the other forums about it.

The chart shifting "triangle" is in the top-right, not the bottom-left.


If that is not what you are referring too, then please explain yourself in detail and with screenshots.

 
Fernando Carreiro #:

The chart shifting "triangle" is in the top-right, not the bottom-left.

If that is not what you are referring too, then please explain yourself in detail and with screenshots.

No, I'm 100% correct, I'm explaining the correct problem. I'm not talking about the Chart Shift. Notice I never used the word “Shift” even once in my original post. I'm talking about “Fixed Chart Position” which SHOULD appear on the bottom-left corner when Chart Auto Scroll is OFF. But it didn't show up. Until I decided to edit the Template file as I explained in the original post. You can go ahead and edit your Template file and after loading it, you'll see a triangle on the bottom-left corner of your chart (if your Auto Scroll is OFF) which is supposedly there to help you NOT lose the position of the candle you're focused on. But after zooming in and out and changing timeframe, it loses focus and not do its job properly. And hence my question about the usefulness of said feature.


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new.metatrader #:

No, I'm 100% correct, I'm explaining the correct problem. I'm not talking about the Chart Shift. Notice I never used the word “Shift” even once in my original post. I'm talking about “Fixed Chart Position” which SHOULD appear on the bottom-left corner when Chart Auto Scroll is OFF. But it didn't show up. Until I decided to edit the Template file as I explained in the original post. You can go ahead and edit your Template file and after loading it, you'll see a triangle on the bottom-left corner of your chart (if your Auto Scroll is OFF) which is supposedly there to help you NOT lose the position of the candle you're focused on. But after zooming in and out and changing timeframe, it loses focus and not do its job properly. And hence my question about the usefulness of said feature.

Then I have learned something new. Never knew that existed. I have never seen that before.
 
Fernando Carreiro #:
Then I have learned something new. Never knew that existed. I have never seen that before.
Unfortunately it doesn't work the same way it used to in MT4. Almost everyone likes the old way it used to work better.
 
new.metatrader #: Unfortunately it doesn't work the same way it used to in MT4. Almost everyone likes the old way it used to work better.

Tried to play around a bit and I found that it is "there", but not initially visible until you drag it out.

On a new chart with "Auto Scroll" disabled, if you houver the mouse in the bottom left, on top or just left of the axis line, the tool tip appears and you can drag it out.

It does not initially show the triangle until you drag it out.

Here are two short animations with the "Colour" default (which is difficult to see the triangle) and with "Black and White" default (where the triangle is more visible)


 
Fernando Carreiro #:

Tried to play around a bit and I found that it is "there", but not initially visible until you drag it out.

On a new chart with "Auto Scroll" disabled, if you houver the mouse in the bottom left, on top or just left of the axis line, the tool tip appears and you can drag it out.

It does not initially show the triangle until you drag it out.

Here are two short animations with the "Colour" default (which is difficult to see the triangle) and with "Black and White" default (where the triangle is more visible)

Yes, but the problem is, when you drag it out and put it on a certain candle, it won't usually remember that candle as soon as you zoom-in or zoom-out (especially if it's close to the last candles in the chart). It's kind of a missed opportunity if you ask me, they could've made it snap to a candle and never let go no matter what time frame or zoom level. Like how it used to work in MT4, but for some reason they changed its functionality, I'd say they broke its functionality.
 
new.metatrader #: Yes, but the problem is, when you drag it out and put it on a certain candle, it won't usually remember that candle as soon as you zoom-in or zoom-out (especially if it's close to the last candles in the chart). It's kind of a missed opportunity if you ask me, they could've made it snap to a candle and never let go no matter what time frame or zoom level. Like how it used to work in MT4, but for some reason they changed its functionality, I'd say they broke its functionality.
Well, I can't really comment much, good or bad, since I was unaware of its existence until this topic.
 
new.metatrader #:
Yes, but the problem is, when you drag it out and put it on a certain candle, it won't usually remember that candle as soon as you zoom-in or zoom-out (especially if it's close to the last candles in the chart). It's kind of a missed opportunity if you ask me, they could've made it snap to a candle and never let go no matter what time frame or zoom level. Like how it used to work in MT4, but for some reason they changed its functionality, I'd say they broke its functionality.
I do agree. This feature seems broken to me in MT5, I stopped trying to understand it years ago.
 
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