Each feature of the Stock Investor has its own function bar, which provides access to the specific tools used by that feature.
The Function Bar is located immediately above the work area, and immediately below the Tool Bar.
There are a number of common buttons that are used across a number of Stock Investor features.
A list of these tools are outlined in the Common Function Bar Tools topic.
The following are examples of Function Bars, note that each example has links to specific topics addressing the particular feature and its tools.
The following is an example of the function bar array of an equities chart
When a feature references a base symbol, the details and controls for that symbol are normally found on the left hand side of its Function Bar:
Components typically include the refresh button, the symbol box, an exchange drop-down box and the symbol's description. Search functions are also included in this area.
For more details on the Charting Function bar go to the Chart Window topic.
A good example of a standard tool set appears in the center-right of the chart window's Function Bar:
Charting Tools include Interval, or compression, (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly) selection menu, the Action drop-down menu, Stream Data button, Save button, Cross Hairs tool, Data Window button, Zoom button, Drawing Tools, Indicators, Hi-Lites, and Favorites and the Walk Through tool.
Click the links in the previous paragraph, or go to the Chart Window topic for more information.
At the far right of the function bar the page display controls are always displayed:
Clicking the Nav button will open or close the Symbols Tree.
Click the Close button to close the current page.
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