Hi folks,
In the previous article we have studied the File menu, it was very useful and heavily used menu. Actually all the menus of the terminal are very important way to manage effectively the terminal.
Today we are going to study the View menu. Let's view!
In this menu (Figure 1) you will find the commands enabling you to manage the interface of the terminal. You can open/close windows and the toolbars to fit your needs. You can also change the language of the terminal interface to the language you understand. This is the available commands in this menu:
Figure 1 - View menu
Clicking this command will prompt you with a list of the available languages (Figure 2) to choose from. Besides, you can translate the interface into your own language by using the MultiLanguage Pack program shipped with MetaTrader. You access the MultiLanguage Pack program from the same menu.
Figure 2 - Languages list
Note: Changing the interface language takes effect when the terminal be restarted.
Clicking this command will prompt you with a list of MetaTrader toolbars (Figure 3). To enable a toolbar (viewing) you have to check it (click to check/uncheck) and to disable a toolbar you have to uncheck it.
Figure 3 - Toolbars list
Besides, you can customize the buttons on any of the toolbars by clicking "Customize..." command (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Customizing toolbars window
Check/Uncheck this command option to view or un-view the status bar. The statues bar is the lower part of the terminal window (Figure 5). The statues bar shows various information like: the statue of connection to the server, the name of currently loaded profile, hints for the under mouse command and the price data.
Figure 5 - Statues bar
Check/Uncheck this command option to view or un-view the chart bar. The chart bar is a little bar lower the Chart window(s) (Figure 6) enabling you to switch between the opened charts.
Figure 6 - Chart bar
Check/Uncheck this command option to view or un-view the Market Watch window (Figure 7). In this window you will find a list of financial instruments and their current prices and enables you to manage trade positions and charts. You can access the same command by clicking the Market Watch button on Standard toolbar (Figure 8).
Figure 7 - Market Watch window
Figure 8- Market Watch button