Objects List on Charts Menu on MT4
On the MT4 platform, charts menu options, the second button key is the "Objects" list button. Objects list is used to display a list of all object placed on the chart, this list will include objects such as indicators, trend lines, text labels & any object that has been placed on the MetaTrader chart.
The objects list button is shown & illustrated below.
Objects List
The objects list menu has the following sub menu options:
- Objects List
- Delete Last
- Delete All Selected
- Delete All Arrows
- Unselect All
- Undo Delete
First option is the "Objects List"
To view all the object that are placed on the Forex chart that you are trading, click the objects list button, this will show a list of all objects on the chart just like the in the examples displayed below:
On this chart the objects listed above are placed on the chart. To delete all objects just select all object by clicking on then, checking check box to the left, and click delete.
Show - This option will show the object selected and locate it on the forex chart.
Edit - Can be used to edit settings of any of the object within this "objects list"
The other submenu items on this objects list are:
- Delete Last - Delete the last object placed on the forex chart
- Delete All Selected - Select some objects by double-clicking on them, then choose this option to delete all selected.
- Delete All Arrows - Delete all arrows
- Unselect All - Unselect all objects that may have been selected on the forex charts.
- Undo Delete - Undo a delete & put back a deleted object on the chart
To view the objects list, directly using a short cut a trader can press key-board buttons "Ctrl+B" as a short cut to this menu.
