Change Display Properties Dialog: Appearance
The Change Display Properties Dialog allows you to change the appearance and values used for a field in a chart or spreadsheet. The Appearance page allows you to select the line type and color of the field in a chart.
& For help with the chart view, see Displaying Data in a Chart.
Changing the Appearance of a Chart Field
The following settings can be used to adjust the appearance of a chart field. Note that different settings are available for different types of chart fields.
· Values
¨ Display
This option changes the type of line being displayed for this value. Line, Dash, and Dot are types of lines that connect a value point-to-point. Bars display the value as a bar chart, with an individual bar rising from the origin to each value.
Ä Note: Dash and Dot lines may appear as solid lines unless the chart is zoomed to the point where the individual days in the chart can be seen.
¨ Color
This option changes the color of the line or bars. To select a new color, press the arrow at the right of the color control and select a new color from the palette.
· Signals
¨ Display (with non-signal)
This option changes how a signal will be displayed when it is displayed on top of a non-signal. In other words, when it is displayed as entry/exit arrows.
Normally, only new signals, or signals that represent new actions, are displayed. For example, after an enter long signal is displayed, no new signals will be displayed until an exit long or an enter short signal is encountered.
You can select whether you want to display new signals from the start of the data or from the start of the window. Selecting to display new signals from the start of the window will always display the first entry signal in the window. Selecting to display new signals from the start of the data will only display this first entry signal if it would actually generate a new market entry.
You can also select to display every signal by selecting to display redundant signals. In addition, you can turn off the signal display all together by selecting to display the signal as a value line.
¨ Display (as value line)
This option changes how a signal is displayed when it is not being displayed as entry/exit arrows. The options available here are the same as the options for Values described above.
¨ Color
This option changes the color of the signal when it is being displayed as a value line. To select a new color, press the arrow at the right of the color control and select a new color from the palette.
Ä Note: The color of the signal arrows cannot be adjusted.
· Composite Fields
¨ Display
This option changes which type of composite field is being displayed.
¨ Color / Color Above / Color Below
This option changes the color of the line or bars. For Minimum/Maximum composite fields, both the above and below colors can be set. For Candlestick composite fields, this color will only be used for the bar of downward movements. To select a new color, press the arrow at the right of the color control and select a new color from the palette.
What Do I Do Next?
When you are finished updating the properties of this chart field, press the OK button to use your changes or select another property page. If you would like to exit from this dialog without performing any changes, press the Cancel button.
Additional Property Pages
The Change Display Properties Dialog has the following property pages.
This page allows you to select the line type and color.
0 Value
This page allows you to select how to modify the value before it is displayed.
& For help using property pages, see the help for Property Pages.
How Did I Get Here?
The Change Display Properties Dialog appears when you select Change Display Properties of Field… from the context menu for a chart or spreadsheet field.