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Tip: quickly see shortcuts in the TradingView app

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

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Effect Key combination

Load a chart
. (dot)
layout

Save the current

Ctrl + S
chart layout

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

Press , (comma) or start typing the first digit for minute

Change interval 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 the current Alt + A
instrument

Add a text note

for current Alt + N
instrument

Take a snapshot
image of the Alt + S
chart

Reset the
Alt + R
chart's zoom

Invert the price

scale of the
Alt + I
chart's
instrument

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Effect Key combination

Add the chart's

current
Alt + W
instrument to
the watchlist

Open the
‘Publish Idea’ Alt + P
window

Undo the most

recent chart Ctrl + Z
action

Redo the most

recent chart Ctrl + Y
action

Cancel
operation, undo
Esc
a selection,
close window

Zooming hotkeys

Effect Key combination

Scrollwheel up or click on the price axis and drag the

Zoom in on the chart
mouse to the left

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

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Effect Key combination

Reset the spacing

Double-click on the time axis
between bars

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

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

Click with left mouse button on the chart and drag

Scroll through the chart
mouse

Chart trading shortcuts

Effect Key combination

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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

Paste copied drawing Ctrl + V

Clone a drawing Hold Ctrl and drag the mouse

Hold Ctrl and click to select each

Select multiple drawings
individual drawing

Move a drawing horizontally or

Drag with mouse + Shift
vertically

Cancel making a drawing, undo

Esc
selecting a drawing

Create drawings keys

Effect Key combination

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Effect Key combination

Make a horizontal line Alt + H

Make a vertical line Alt + V

Make a cross line

(combination of horizontal Alt + C
and vertical line)

Select the Rectangle from the drawing toolbar

Make a square and hold Shift when making the drawing on
the chart

Select the Ellipse from the drawing toolbar and

Make a circle hold Shift when making the drawing on the
chart

Draw a horizontal line,

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

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

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Watchlist shortcuts
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

Alt + Enter
Watchlist

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 + ↓

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Effect Key combination

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

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 ▲

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Effect Key combination

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 Click on the red error message that mentions
TradingView error the line 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 + ↓

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

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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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