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No problem. The tile-based indices panel in MT is, as it is, comparable in size with the indices panel in QT.

Follow up to my previous post --- would it be possible for the purposes of an indices panel to include an option to scale up the whole tile (i.e. all tiles in the indices grid), leaving the relative layout unchanged, but making the tile as a whole bigger?

OK I didn't think of that!

Hi Jerry, I've bene trying out an "indices panel" based on the tiles. Is it perhaps possible to change the font size within the tiles? I don't see an option for this in the "View" menu. I normally set Indices fonts larger than other symbols, if I can, partly because they are way off at the top of a non-central monitor and partly just for general noticeability. Thanks.

Hi Jerry, Just found the tiles option while searching to see if the indices panel was on its way. Will be trying the tiles out over the next day or two. Looks like a great addition / innovation.

Thanks.

Hi Jerry, Would it make sense to include a "Restart" option along with "Close", as an alternative way of exiting MT? Saves a little time if you have to restart the software once or twice a day, as I occasionally do.

Great, thanks.

Hi Jerry, Another fairly minor detail . . . Clicking on a ticker symbol (which may already be linked to charts via a group) sometimes causes another "unwanted" chart associated with the symbol clicked to open, no doubt because I inadvertently "double clicked". Obviously this is user error, but I thought I'd mention it as it happens fairly frequently when I am scanning charts associated with a list of symbols in a group. Is there any way to turn off "double click on symbol invokes chart"? I haven't been able to find it in chart settings so far. Thanks.

I haven't gound a way of turning off the highlighting but I managed to change the border to a color that matches my MT color schene fairly well. That way the highlighting is no longer very noticeable. In Windows 8 go to Control Panel Select "Appearance and Personalisation" Select "Change the colour of your taskbar and window borders" Chose a color and in a second step adjust the intensity. There's also a color mixer if you want.

Ok just checking, thanks. If I can find a solution will post.

Hi Jerry, This is probably more a Windows 8 / MS Office than an MT problem, but I can't find a solution. I am running Windows 8.1. In MT when I click on a window in MT (say a watchlist) the border of that windows changes color (highlighting the window). This is not necessary and can be a distraction when rapidly clicking through a number of MT windows. Is there any way to switch this effect off? I can't find a switch off command in Windows 8 though there may be such a command in Windows 7. Thanks

Thanks

Hi Jerry, Would it be possible to include in the intraday chart caption options the option "Symbol/Last/Type" without bid and ask? Thanks.

Thanks, I overlooked the FILE/Settings in the Portfolios. The pushpin issue may be something to do with my Windows 8.1--- its onscreen length is about 1 cm.

Hi Jerry and Mike, My MT installation is running well at the moment. Thanks! Herewith a couple of details: i) when the cursor arrow transforms to a colored pushpin over a portfolio or watchlist, the pushpin is a bit too big for my taste. I am wondering if there is a Windows setting (Windows 8.1 in my case) to change this but I can't find anything. Would it be possible to have the "File" and "Settings" menus from the dashboard also accessible through a "selected" portfolio, Pulling up the dashboard to save or load a layout (which I do rather frequently) seems to take a step too many if the dashboard is not constantly visible. Sorry if this clashes with the logic of having a dashboard. Just reporting my subjective sense of usability.

Have now installed intraday build and everything working fine.

Thanks for the fast answer! I got the email!

Hi, I am using IB as data feed. When I have a group of windows set up with like-colored pushpins, changing a stock symbol (Nasdaq, NYE etc) is not populating the Level 2 window. Everything else that should populate does so, as far as I can see. If I right click on the symbol in question and select "Level II" then a new Level 2 window opens and the original Level 2 window also now populates. Will keep you posted if I notice anything else in this connection. Best regards

Hi Jerry, The "market opens in . . ." plus clock at the bottom of a portfolio is very useful. However when you have two or more portfolios open it can (in my case) be slightly distracting, as I tend to glance at it involuntarily. Is there an option to turn it off? I have not looked too hard, but would find it useful.

Great, thanks.

Thanks. It may just be a question of habit and that I haven't got used to using the "ins" key efficiently yet. Am working on my execution skills!

Hi Jerry, I am having problems entering new symbols quickly enough in watchlists. The speed of symbol entry is important when, say, there is breaking news on a stock. The fastest means of entry at the moment is probably using the "ins" key plus the symbol of the instrument. However, I find this still takes significantly longer than entering the symbol in a part of the watchlist that is permanently open for symbol entry, a feature which is not included in the MT beta. I have been trying to figure out a solution with a macro that will send the cursor to MT and key in "ins + symbol", but so far no real success. The loss of speed is only about 1/2 second, but unfortunately that is significant. Apart from Jerry, I would appreciate input from anyone who recognizes this an issue. Maybe I am just not fast enough. I would be quite happy if I could find a decent solution with a macro.

Not wanting beat a dead horse but . . . Is it possible to get just a red/green frame round the grid cells in a portfolio or watchlist at the same time as solid colors in the raw data? I seem to be able to do this in QT, but not in MT. I watch the raw data flow out mainly of the corner of my eye and find the solid colors stand out better in peripheral vision. When I am looking directly at quotes I prefer not to have solid highlights. I find the mixture very helpful for following fast markets.

Just a follow up on my previous question: is there dynamic bid ask highlighting in MT?