MT4 Shortcut Keys

KeyboardShortcutKeyboard shortcuts in the chart window

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
Alt+Left Arrow Chart scrolling to the left.
Right Arrow Chart scrolling to the right.
Home Move to the chart beginning.
End Move to the chart end.
“-“ Zoom in.
“+” Zoom out.
Ctrl+”+” Increase the speed of visualization.
Ctrl+”-“ Reduce the speed of visualization.
Space Start/pause visualization.

Keyboard shortcuts for working with charts regardless of the active window

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
F12 Step by step visualization.
Alt+1 Show chart as a sequence of bars.
Alt+2 Show chart as a sequence of Japanese candlesticks.
Alt+3 Show chart as a broken line.
Ctrl+G Show/hide grid.

Keyboard shortcuts in the Market Watch window

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
Space/Tab Switch between the “Symbols” and “Ticks” tabs.
A Auto arrange columns in the “Symbols” tab, enable the Ask line in the “Ticks” tab.
G Show/hide grid.
S Enable/disable auto scroll of the tick chart.
C Enable/disable crosshair on the tick chart.
B Show/hide the Bid line on the tick chart.
L Show/hide the Last line on the tick chart.

Keyboard shortcuts in the Data Window

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
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A Enable/disable Auto Arrange of columns.
G Show/hide grid.

Keyboard shortcuts in the Toolbox window

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
A Enable/disable Auto Arrange of columns.
G Show/hide grid.

Common actions in the testing visualizer

Keyboard Shortcuts Description
F1 Open this Help.
F3 Call the window containing the list of global variables.
F11 Switch on/off the full screen mode.
Alt+F4 Close the testing visualizer.
Ctrl+D Open/close the Data Window.
Ctrl+M Open/close the Market Watch window.
Ctrl+T Open/close the Toolbox window.