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Date/Time: Sat, 30 May 2026 21:30:50 +0000
Swapping the Shift and Ctrl Keys When Using the Chart Drawing Tools [Feature Request]
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| [2026-04-15 14:11:53] |
| Deenius - Posts: 99 |
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Hello, Currently, when using chart drawing tools, holding down the Ctrl key snaps to specific angles, while holding down the Shift key snaps to the OHLC prices of bars. In other popular programs, such as TradingView, NinjaTrader, Microsoft Paint, Adobe Illustrator, and many others, the Shift key is the standard for constraining/aligning to angles (typically 45° increments). Most users are already very accustomed to using Shift for this purpose across different software. Also, platforms like TradingView and NinjaTrader use the Ctrl key for snapping to OHLC bar prices. I would therefore like to request an option in the settings to swap the functions of the Shift and Ctrl keys for drawings, so that Shift would handle angle snapping and Ctrl would handle OHLC snapping. This small change would make the transition to Sierra Chart significantly smoother and more intuitive for many users coming from other platforms. Thank you for considering this request. |
| [2026-04-20 12:48:02] |
| Deenius - Posts: 99 |
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Sierra Chart team, could you please let me know your thoughts on my suggestion? Thank you.
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| [2026-04-20 14:17:21] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23892 |
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We will look this over.
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| [2026-04-20 14:28:20] |
| Deenius - Posts: 99 |
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It may seem like a minor issue. However, the opposite is true. Once you get used to using software in a certain way, it often drives you crazy when it doesn’t work as expected. Thank you again for considering this suggestion. |
| [2026-04-30 23:27:15] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23892 |
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We are working on this.
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| [2026-05-01 23:08:58] |
| Sierra_Chart Engineering - Posts: 23892 |
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In the next release there will be new settings in the Tool Settings to control this.
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| [2026-05-02 06:45:44] |
| Deenius - Posts: 99 |
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That's great news! Thank you so much.
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