Overview: all TradingView keyboard shortcuts

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IN THIS LESSON

Like most applications, the TradingView charting and trading app has several keyboard
hotkeys. Let’s see what those shortcuts are.

Productive use of TradingView with hotkeys

For a more productive use of TradingView we can use various keyboard shortcuts. The
hotkeys that we discuss in this article are categorised in the following groups:

Chart hotkeys.
Drawings shortcut keys.
Script hotkeys.
Watchlist hotkeys.
Screener window shortcut keys.
Shortcuts for the Pine Editor.

Use the links above to immediately jump to the shortcuts overview. Or scroll down for the first
group of keyboard shortcuts: the chart hotkeys.

Chart hotkeys
These are the keyboard shortcuts we can use on the TradingView chart:

General chart shortcuts

Effect Key combination

Open the script /

window

Load a chart layout . (dot)

Save the current Ctrl + S

chart layout

Change the chart’s Start typing, which brings up a symbol search window
symbol symbol

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Effect Key combination

Change interval Press , (comma) or start typing the first digit for minute charts or
first letter of the word for longer resolutions. Examples are 1, 5, 30,
60, 1440, H, 4H, 6H, D, 5D, W, 3M

Create an alert on Alt + A

the current
instrument

Add a text note for Alt + N

current instrument

Take a snapshot Alt + S

image of the chart

Reset the chart’s Alt + R

zoom

Invert the price Alt + I

scale of the chart’s
instrument

Add the chart’s Alt + W

current instrument
to the watchlist

Open the ‘Publish Alt + P

Idea’ window

Undo the most Ctrl + Z

recent chart action

Redo the most Ctrl + Y

recent chart action

Cancel operation, Esc

undo a selection,
close window

Zooming hotkeys

Effect Key combination

Zoom in on the chart Scrollwheel up or click on the price axis and drag the mouse
to the left

Zoom out on the chart Scrollwheel down or click on the price axis and drag the
mouse to the right

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 Effect Key combination

Reset the spacing Double-click on the time axis

between bars

Compress price scale Click (and hold) on the price axis and drag the mouse down

Extend price scale Click (and hold) on the price axis and move the mouse up

Reset price scale Double-click on the price axis

Chart movements keys

Effect Key combination

Move chart 1 bar to the left ←

Move chart 1 bar to the right →

Move further to the left Ctrl + ←

Move further to the right Ctrl + →

Go to a specific date Alt + G

Scroll through the chart Click with left mouse button on the chart and drag mouse

Chart trading shortcuts

Effect Key combination

Place market order to buy Shift + B

Place market order to sell Shift + S

Drawing hotkeys
These are the shortcuts we can use with drawings on the chart (TradingView Blog, 2016):

General drawing shortcuts

Effect Key combination

Measure tool Hold Shift and click on the chart

Copy selected drawing Ctrl + C

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 Effect Key combination

Paste copied drawing Ctrl + V

Clone a drawing Hold Ctrl and drag the mouse

Select multiple drawings Hold Ctrl and click to select each

individual drawing

Move a drawing horizontally or vertically Drag with mouse + Shift

Cancel making a drawing, undo selecting Esc

a drawing

Create drawings keys

Effect Key combination

Make a horizontal line Alt + H

Make a vertical line Alt + V

Make a cross line (combination Alt + C

of horizontal and vertical line)

Make a square Select the Rectangle from the drawing toolbar and hold
Shift when making the drawing on the chart

Make a circle Select the Ellipse from the drawing toolbar and hold
Shift when making the drawing on the chart

Draw a horizontal line, vertical Hold Shift while making a trend line or channel
line, or a line at 45 degrees drawing

Indicator and strategy script hotkeys

The keyboard hotkeys below are the ones we can use in TradingView to manage
TradingView indicators and strategy scripts:

Effect Key combination

Copy the selected script on the chart Ctrl + C

Paste an earlier copied script on the chart Ctrl + V

Remove script from the chart Select script and press Delete

Watchlist shortcuts

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The following shortcuts are what we can use in TradingView’s Watchlist window:

Effect Key combination

Show next Watchlist symbol on the chart ↓ or Space

Show previous Watchlist symbol on the chart ↑ or Shift + Space

Flag or unflag the chart’s current symbol in the Watchlist Alt + Enter

Select all symbols Ctrl + A

Select next symbol Shift + ↓

Select previous symbol Shift + ↑

Screener window hotkeys

The following keyboard hotkeys are what we can use in TradingView’s ‘Stock Screener’,
‘Forex Screener’, and ‘Crypto Screener’ window:

Effect Key combination

Show next symbol on the chart ↓ or Space

Show previous symbol on the chart ↑ or Shift + Space

Flag or unflag symbol Alt + Enter

Select all symbols Ctrl + A

Select next symbol Shift + ↓

Select previous symbol Shift + ↑

Pine Editor shortcuts

These are the keyboard shortcuts we can use in TradingView’s Pine Editor:

Script operations

Effect Key combination

Create a new script Ctrl + I

Save the script Ctrl + S

Open a script Ctrl + O

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Effect Key combination

Delete the current script Ctrl + E

Add the current script to the chart Ctrl + Enter

Open the Pine Script reference Ctrl + Click on a code element

Toggle the console window Ctrl + ` (backtick)

Close a window or pop-up Esc

Go to operations

Effect Key combination

Go to left word Ctrl + ←

Go to right word Ctrl + →

Go to line start Home

Go to line end End

Go to first line Ctrl + Home

Go to last line Ctrl + End

Go to a specific line number Ctrl + L

Jump to a line with a TradingView Click on the red error message that mentions the line
error number

Line operations

Effect Key combination

Remove current line Ctrl + D

Comment or uncomment current line Ctrl + /

Copy selected lines up Alt + Shift + ↑

Copy selected lines down Alt + Shift + ↓

Move selected lines up Alt + ↑

Move selected lines down Alt + ↓

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 Effect Key combination

Remove from the typing cursor to line end Alt + Delete or Ctrl + K

Remove from the typing cursor to line start Alt + Backspace

Remove the word on the left Ctrl + Backspace

Remove the word on the right Ctrl + Delete

Autocomplete Ctrl + Space

Selection

Effect Key combination

Select all code Ctrl + A

Select from the typing cursor to line start Shift + Home

Select from the typing cursor to line end Shift + End

Select up Shift + ↑

Select down Shift + ↓

Tip: quickly see shortcuts in the TradingView app

There are two ways to quickly see TradingView shortcuts. The first approach is to hover the
mouse over a button. If that button has a keyboard shortcut, it shows in the pop-up window.
For instance, Alt + A is the hotkey for the ‘Create Alert’ window:

To see an overview of all TradingView shortcuts, click on the ‘?’ icon in the lower-right bottom
in the TradingView app. That opens a menu with an entry named ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’:

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References
TradingView Blog (2016, May 13). New shortcuts to improve interaction with charts.
Retrieved on November 1, 2018, from https://blog.tradingview.com/en/new-shortcuts-to-
improve-interaction-with-charts-1798/

Published November 6, 2018

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