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Disable shifting ray to current price

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[2020-09-08 03:02:26]
User580641 - Posts: 6
Hello, when drawing trend lines using a ray, it is constantly shifting with the price.

This is not ideal.

I know I can have the anchor point before the closing bar and it won't shift, but that's a pain when drawing trend lines. I would like to extend my cursor past the current price sometimes and I never want the auto-snap functionality.

Is there anyway to stop this from happening, or at least disable anchor points on the ray? (could be an option that always locks the anchor point before the closing bar so you can have the cursor wherever you want)

If not, is there any plans to support that?

I just want to be able to draw lines and trend lines and not have them shift with the price, without having my cursor in a certain position, which can make it more difficult to get the angle I want.

Thanks!
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2020-09-08 03:15:13
[2020-09-08 17:22:16]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
You would need to use chart bars that are based upon a fixed amount of time and not variable. The chart bars you are using must be variable in time and that is the reason for the issue.
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[2020-09-09 02:00:55]
User580641 - Posts: 6
Correct, I'm using tick charts. It sucks that that means the drawing tools are lower quality because of it though.

If the only work around is to have the anchor point before the previous close, then it would be nice if there something like an option to hide the anchor point and set it before the previous close.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2020-09-09 13:37:39
[2020-09-09 19:32:50]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
What do you mean by hide the anchor point?

Maybe you have enabled the "Mark" options in the Chart Drawing Properties:
Chart Drawing Tools: Line | Ray | Extended Line Configuration
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[2020-09-11 03:42:50]
User580641 - Posts: 6
No, I don't have the mark enabled. I meant defaulting the second point before the current price if you're using a tick chart so you wouldn't have to deal with it shifting. I guess that wouldn't work because the angle of the ray is based on the second point's position, so that was a bad suggestion.

In the case of drawings for tick charts, couldn't it be based on the angle and length of the drawing and ignore the time?

In the context of this screenshot http://www.sierrachart.com/image.php?Image=1599795251163.png
I would want the line to keep that same angle as time goes on.

It'd be great if the timing of the bars was of no concern. The line would keep it's length and angle regardless of how long it took the next bars to form.

Lines/Rays or Other Chart Drawings Move After Drawing Them mentions the solution to keep the second point of the ray/line before the last visible bar.
That makes the line tool pretty much useless unless you're drawing and looking at the charts after the day is done.
It also makes for a bad experience with the ray tool because you get less angles you can draw at and it creates extra work to keep in mind when drawing trend lines because if you mess up and put the second point after the visible bar (which is hard not to do when drawing trend lines on a current chart) Then your trend line will randomly shift and can cause issues.

I understand this might require a rework for drawing for non-fixed-time charts, but as it is, it's a pretty bad user experience and should be considered a bug.
Date Time Of Last Edit: 2020-09-11 04:06:04
[2020-09-11 10:09:19]
Sierra Chart Engineering - Posts: 104368
it's a pretty bad user experience and should be considered a bug.
Thank you. This will never change.
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