# Shortcuts (/platform/charts/shortcuts)



Shortcuts act on the chart that has keyboard focus. Click a chart first, especially in a multi-chart [layout](/platform/charts/introduction#layouts) where they target the **active cell**.

Press **?** at any time to open the in-app shortcuts panel. On this page, `Mod` means **Ctrl** on Windows and **⌘** on Mac.

## Symbols and timeframes [#symbols-and-timeframes]

The chart treats bare typing as a command. There is no need to click a search box first:

| Shortcut          | Action                             |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| Type a **letter** | Open Symbol Search with your input |
| Type a **digit**  | Start entering a timeframe         |

Timeframe entry accepts the same formats as the dropdown: `15` is 15 minutes (a bare number is minutes), `4h` is 4 hours, `D` is a day, `3M` is 3 months.

## Navigation and scale [#navigation-and-scale]

| Shortcut          | Action                      |
| ----------------- | --------------------------- |
| `0`               | Fit content to the viewport |
| `Alt+L`           | Toggle logarithmic scale    |
| `Alt+P`           | Toggle percent scale        |
| `Mod+Z` / `Mod+Y` | Undo / redo                 |

Undo/redo covers chart actions such as drawings. If a drag went wrong, `Mod+Z` beats redrawing.

## Drawing [#drawing]

| Shortcut                    | Action                                      |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- |
| Hold **Alt**                | Radial wheel of your favorite drawing tools |
| `Alt+T`                     | Trend line                                  |
| `Alt+H`                     | Horizontal line                             |
| `Alt+V`                     | Vertical line                               |
| **Shift** while drawing     | Lock line angles to 45° increments          |
| **Shift+click** empty chart | Start the measure ruler                     |
| **Middle-click** a drawing  | Delete it                                   |

<Tip>
  The radial wheel is the one to learn first: hold **Alt** and your favorite drawing tools appear around the cursor, so you never leave the chart to switch tools. Curate your favorites and it covers everything the three fixed line shortcuts don't. See [Drawings](/platform/charts/drawings#the-radial-wheel).
</Tip>

## Mouse and context menus [#mouse-and-context-menus]

Right-clicking different regions of the chart opens different menus. The axis menus are the fastest route to scale and time zone settings:

| Action                             | Result                                                     |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Right-click the **chart**          | Settings, remove indicators, and more                      |
| Right-click the **price axis**     | Scale mode (regular, percent, indexed to 100, log, invert) |
| Right-click the **time axis**      | Time zone                                                  |
| Double-click a layout **splitter** | Even the split between cells                               |