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Date/Time: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:53:54 +0000
Feature Request: Enhanced Chart Drawing Copying Options
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| [2025-04-13 18:42:49] |
| User676363 - Posts: 87 |
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I am reaching out to request two enhancements to the chart drawing copying functionality in Sierra Chart, to improve managing drawings across multiple charts. Option to Disable Copying After Initial Transfer: When using the "Copy Chart Drawings from Chart #'s" feature in Chart Settings, I would like the ability to copy drawings from a source chart to a destination chart and then disable the copying link, so the destination chart retains the copied drawings but becomes independent. Any new drawings created on the destination chart should not affect the source chart, and vice versa, without needing to manually remove the source chart number from settings. An option to keep copied drawings and discard the chart links would be ideal - it would duplicate all linked drawings and turn off all the links to source charts for those objects taking me back to basically a clean chart with no links but keeping all drawing objects. Manual Copy/Paste for Independent Drawings: I would appreciate a feature to manually copy specific chart drawings (e.g., via right-click >> Copy Chart Drawing) to another chart, where the pasted drawings are independent of the source chart. Currently, there’s no direct way to paste drawings as new, unlinked instances. This would allow users to selectively transfer drawings and create new ones on the destination chart without impacting the original. Actual scenario: when I have chart objects from charts 1, 2, 3 set to copy to chart 4, I am focused on that chart 4 and I start making copies of the objects there, I would really like each of the copied objects to be sourcedon chart 4 and not copy them on charts 1, 2, and 3, which is the current behavior. Is there any way to accomplish this with the current system? Was thinking perhaps I could change the chart # source using the manage drawings window, but it doesn't really have a way to see the sources of the copied objects. Perhaps it could be added there, giving people a way to view the copied objects and offering a way to copy them to the current chart? Only way I've seen to do this is to duplicate a chart, but it doesn't work well when we are copying drawings from multiple sources. It's only helpful if we have a 1:1 copy process, which isn't ideal when there are multiple higher time frames being tracked and sometimes, charts from other chartbooks as well for economic events, etc. |
| [2025-04-17 21:12:25] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21631 |
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We apologize for the delay on this. We will add basic support for this functionality: Manual Copy/Paste for Independent Drawings: I would appreciate a feature to manually copy specific chart drawings (e.g., via right-click >> Copy Chart Drawing) to another chart, where the pasted drawings are independent of the source chart. Currently, there’s no direct way to paste drawings as new, unlinked instances. This would allow users to selectively transfer drawings and create new ones on the destination chart without impacting the original. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2025-11-14 02:12:22] |
| ForgivingComputers.com - Posts: 1170 |
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This tool will copy between charts, regions, chartbooks, and instances: https://forgivingcomputers.com/product/fc-drawing-export-and-import-tools/ |
| [2025-11-14 06:38:51] |
| User676363 - Posts: 87 |
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I bet they can also do the multiple copy once they have time because their Manage Objects dialog allows us to select multiple objects. The Edit>Copy/Paste do not yet work when multiple objects are selected, but I see no reason why they would not do that if given time. True, your version has lots of features for $50, but SierraChart provides the basics for free since version 2754 https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?page=doc/Whats_New.php#SCVer2754 Their docs are here: Chart Drawing Tools: Copy and Paste Chart Drawing Operations In any case, for the moment, it's pretty easy to walk through each drawing using the Manage Objects dialog and to just copy/paste each one. It can be setup as a hotkey and that makes it simple to transfer a drawing anywhere now. |
| [2025-11-14 07:05:01] |
| User676363 - Posts: 87 |
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Chart Drawing Tools: Manage Chart Drawings I guess we should update the docs on this page to include the following items: Copy Edit Symbol Edit Text Copy was added around here: Export Chart Drawings? It allows us to get a text version of the data shown on the lines selected. So it is not the same as Edit>Copy Chart Drawing and this is why there is no paste option. Hope that clarifies if anybody has some confusion about Copy. They offer Duplicate, but that will not get the object to the clipboard nor to another chart. The documentation on that page points the user to the automatic copy method and makes no mention of the new Edit>Copy Chart Drawing method. The other two options are probably self-documenting, but it might be good to note in the docs that these are very useful for tools that have no text input typically like Pitchforks. I use this regularly to label mine. Very helpful. |
| [2025-11-14 17:05:08] |
| ForgivingComputers.com - Posts: 1170 |
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In any case, for the moment, it's pretty easy to walk through each drawing using the Manage Objects dialog and to just copy/paste each one. It can be setup as a hotkey and that makes it simple to transfer a drawing anywhere now.
That is fine if you want to do one at a time. My study has copied thousands of horizontal line price levels with ease. |
| [2025-11-15 02:15:26] |
| User676363 - Posts: 87 |
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Thanks, but I'm waiting for the ctrl+A and ctrl+C and ctrl+V commands to just work and understand context. Context is for kings. I might try out your trading system however. That looks like fun, but basic functionality... SierraChart should hire you or just buy your module as a group license for everybody if it's really good. Otherwise, the creator will fix the video game when he sees it necessary. It will be like the second coming is at hand. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming |
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