Support Board
Date/Time: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:40:11 +0000
Post From: ACSIL — Positioning a historical bar at a specified horizontal chart location
| [2026-10-20 13:44:06] |
| User623444 - Posts: 3 |
|
Hello Sierra Engineering, I'm developing a custom ACSIL study that allows me to select historical events and automatically navigate the chart to their corresponding date/time. My current implementation uses sc.ScrollToDateTime, which successfully navigates to the selected historical bar. I'd like to improve the user experience by positioning that bar approximately 15–20% from the left edge of the visible chart, leaving the remaining chart area available to examine subsequent price development. Alternatively, I'd be happy with positioning the selected bar a fixed number of bars (e.g., 50) from the left edge. I've investigated: sc.ScrollToDateTime sc.IndexOfFirstVisibleBar sc.IndexOfLastVisibleBar sc.BarIndexToXPixelCoordinate The visible-bar indices allow me to determine the bar's current position, but I haven't identified a supported ACSIL function for controlling its horizontal placement. My questions: Is there a supported ACSIL method to position a specified historical bar at a particular horizontal location within the chart viewport? Can sc.ScrollToDateTime be combined with another supported function to achieve this? Thank you for your guidance. |