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 chart layout	Ctrl + S
Change the chart"s symbol symbol	Start typing, which brings up a symbol search window
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 the current instrument	Alt + A
Add a text note for current instrument	Alt + N
Take a snapshot image of the chart	Alt + S
Reset the chart"s zoom	Alt + R
Invert the price scale of the chart"s instrument	Alt + I
Add the chart"s current instrument to the watchlist	Alt + W
Open the ‘Publish Idea’ window	Alt + P
Undo the most recent chart action	Ctrl + Z
Redo the most recent chart action	Ctrl + Y
Cancel operation, undo a selection, close window	Esc

# 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
Reset the spacing between bars	Double-click on the time axis
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
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 a drawing	Esc

# Create drawings keys

Effect	Key combination
Make a horizontal line	Alt + H
Make a vertical line	Alt + V
Make a cross line (combination of horizontal and vertical line)	Alt + C
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 line, or a line at 45 degrees	Hold Shift while making a trend line or channel 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

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
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 error	Click on the red error message that mentions 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

# 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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