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Date/Time: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:00:23 +0000
[Sticky] [Locked] - Notice: Solution to: Chart/Book Tabs Visibility Issues, Portions of Chart Window Cut Off
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| [2025-12-10 21:13:47] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21842 |
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We are seeing an unusual problem with the scrollbar at the bottom of the chart. Based upon the number of bars loaded in the chart, and the bar spacing the scrollbar can become disabled. When it is in this state, it is no longer automatically hidden by the operating system but if you try to interact with it , then all input to the main window and the active chart stops. You then have to go to another program and back to Sierra Chart to allow input again. Very strange behavior. Something related to the operating system. Thinking about what we can do. We probably just cannot allow the bar to go into a disabled state. Just another example, where nothing in the Windows operating system is trustworthy. Would be best for us to build our own scrollbar. Others have posted as well about, the scrollbar automatically hiding. It is a Windows issue of some sort. 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 Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-10 21:14:32
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| [2025-12-12 01:09:14] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21842 |
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We are doing some work, related to Minimized windows, and we realize that this whole concept of minimizing a window within the larger MDI container window does not make sense. When minimizing a window, it goes all the way down to the bottom and usually ends up getting hidden by other windows and you effectively lose it. In some cases it may not even be visible because in the case of the virtual space when enabled, the minimized window is placed all the way at the bottom of the virtual space and you have to scroll down to see it. If other windows are overlapping the minimized window, you have to then move those out of the way. Also you have no idea what window is what among all of the minimize windows at the bottom. They are just a bunch of block rectangles. You can only logically restore it through the CW menu by knowing which one it is and that is not entirely clear. The whole minimize concept within the context of a multiple document interface, does not make sense. Instead what we are going to do is as follows: For minimize, we will support the following: No Action (In which case, there is no minimize button) Hide Window (You can then unhide it, from the CW menu and the hidden windows will be clearly identified. You can also unhide it through Windows >> Windows and Chartbooks.) Resize the window to a predefined width and height, that you will set, and keep the top left coordinate in place. So the size of it will be greatly reduced or reduced whatever size you preset. Keeping it in place makes sense. Rather than pushing it all away down to the bottom and having no way to even know what window is what at the bottom. They just look like a bunch of rectangular blocks. It is simply stupid. When a window is is in a reduced resized state, the minimize button, will then act to restore it. In the case of the the main desktop on the operating system, when you minimize a window it minimizes to the taskbar and the taskbar provides a very clear understandable view, of what window is what and you can easily restore them. Minimizing an MDI window, is just simply makes no sense at all and we are going to remove this concept especially being there are various outstanding implementation issues with it. Furthermore, the time and sales window which overlaps the main window and also the market depth window, need to be integrated, into chart windows. We will be adding support to integrate a time and sales into a chart. Market depth is already Integrated in various ways. And we will add support for detachable Chartbooks, but that will take some time. And we are going to complete the project, to support full trade window capabilities through a Control Bar. This will be a highly efficient, and customizable, trading window interface. 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 Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-13 00:43:56
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| [2025-12-13 06:38:30] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21842 |
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Version 2831 has been released, there is this new setting: Global Settings >> General Settings >> GUI >> MDI Child Window Minimize Method: {"Hide Window"} Status: No Action ( implemented) Hide Window ( implemented) Minimize to Fixed Size (not yet implemented) We also realize in order to be able to show and activate a hidden window, and give a full ability for the user to show those again, we will add an option to show MDI tabs for hidden windows and indicate they are hidden, and we may also have a left click behavior. For example Activate, or Maximize when left clicking. We are nearly there. Also work on OpenGL has been done as well. 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 Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-13 06:38:48
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| [2025-12-14 22:59:57] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 21842 |
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We are also going to re-implement, restoring the placement of a window. For MDI Child windows this does not need to be anything more than remembering the state: Minimize, Maximize, Normal. And remembering the normal window rectangle client coordinates and nothing else.
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 Date Time Of Last Edit: 2025-12-14 23:00:03
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