Is it possible to change MT5 standard hotkeys (ie Toolbox ctrl+T)?

kypa 2018.08.16 18:59 #1

Probably not, but you can make your own hotkeys that activate the default.

Daniel Arges 2018.08.17 15:00 #2

kypa:
Probably not, but you can make your own hotkeys that activate the default.

thank you. how is it possible? I can figure out only personal hotkeys for EAs and indicators

Marco vd Heijden 2018.08.17 15:05 #3

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/constants/chartconstants/enum_chartevents

#define KEY_NUMPAD_5       12 
#define KEY_LEFT           37 
#define KEY_UP             38 
#define KEY_RIGHT          39 
#define KEY_DOWN           40 
#define KEY_NUMLOCK_DOWN   98 
#define KEY_NUMLOCK_LEFT  100 
#define KEY_NUMLOCK_5     101 
#define KEY_NUMLOCK_RIGHT 102 
#define KEY_NUMLOCK_UP    104 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
//| Expert initialization function                                   | 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
int OnInit() 
  { 
//--- 
   Print("The expert with name ",MQL5InfoString(MQL5_PROGRAM_NAME)," is running"); 
//--- enable object create events 
   ChartSetInteger(ChartID(),CHART_EVENT_OBJECT_CREATE,true); 
//--- enable object delete events 
   ChartSetInteger(ChartID(),CHART_EVENT_OBJECT_DELETE,true); 
//--- forced updating of chart properties ensures readiness for event processing 
   ChartRedraw(); 
//--- 
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED); 
  } 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
//| ChartEvent function                                              | 
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
void OnChartEvent(const int id,         // Event identifier   
                  const long& lparam,   // Event parameter of long type 
                  const double& dparam, // Event parameter of double type 
                  const string& sparam  // Event parameter of string type 
                  ) 
  { 
//--- the left mouse button has been pressed on the chart 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_CLICK) 
     { 
      Print("The coordinates of the mouse click on the chart are: x = ",lparam,"  y = ",dparam); 
     } 
//--- the mouse has been clicked on the graphic object 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_CLICK) 
     { 
      Print("The mouse has been clicked on the object with name '"+sparam+"'"); 
     } 
//--- the key has been pressed 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_KEYDOWN) 
     { 
      switch(lparam) 
        { 
         case KEY_NUMLOCK_LEFT:  Print("The KEY_NUMLOCK_LEFT has been pressed");   break; 
         case KEY_LEFT:          Print("The KEY_LEFT has been pressed");           break; 
         case KEY_NUMLOCK_UP:    Print("The KEY_NUMLOCK_UP has been pressed");     break; 
         case KEY_UP:            Print("The KEY_UP has been pressed");             break; 
         case KEY_NUMLOCK_RIGHT: Print("The KEY_NUMLOCK_RIGHT has been pressed");  break; 
         case KEY_RIGHT:         Print("The KEY_RIGHT has been pressed");          break; 
         case KEY_NUMLOCK_DOWN:  Print("The KEY_NUMLOCK_DOWN has been pressed");   break; 
         case KEY_DOWN:          Print("The KEY_DOWN has been pressed");           break; 
         case KEY_NUMPAD_5:      Print("The KEY_NUMPAD_5 has been pressed");       break; 
         case KEY_NUMLOCK_5:     Print("The KEY_NUMLOCK_5 has been pressed");      break; 
         default:                Print("Some not listed key has been pressed"); 
        } 
      ChartRedraw(); 
     } 
//--- the object has been deleted 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DELETE) 
     { 
      Print("The object with name ",sparam," has been deleted"); 
     } 
//--- the object has been created 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_CREATE) 
     { 
      Print("The object with name ",sparam," has been created"); 
     } 
//--- the object has been moved or its anchor point coordinates has been changed 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_DRAG) 
     { 
      Print("The anchor point coordinates of the object with name ",sparam," has been changed"); 
     } 
//--- the text in the Edit of object has been changed 
   if(id==CHARTEVENT_OBJECT_ENDEDIT) 
     { 
      Print("The text in the Edit field of the object with name ",sparam," has been changed"); 
     } 
  }

Documentation on MQL5: Constants, Enumerations and Structures / Chart Constants / Types of Chart Events

www.mql5.com

There are 11 types of events that can be processed using the predefined function OnChartEvent(). For custom events 65535 identifiers are provided in the range of CHARTEVENT_CUSTOM to CHARTEVENT_CUSTOM_LAST inclusive. To generate a custom event, the EventChartCustom() function should be used. For each type of event, the input parameters of the...

kypa 2018.08.17 16:38 #4

This from a code I'm using:

#import "user32.dll"
   void keybd_event(int bVk, int bScan, int dwFlags, int dwExtraInfo);
   int GetParent(long hWnd);
   bool SetWindowPos(long hWnd, long hWndInsertAfter, int x, int y, int width, int height, uint uFlags);
#import

void OnChartEvent(const int id,
                  const long& lparam,
                  const double& dparam,
                  const string& sparam
                  )
  {

   if(id==CHARTEVENT_KEYDOWN)
     {
      if(lparam==49) NumberOne();
      if(lparam==50) NumberTwo();
      if(lparam==51) PlusMinus();
      if(lparam==192) ChartRescale();
      if(lparam==219) TimeFrameDown();
      if(lparam==221) TimeFrameUp();
      if(lparam==222) TimeFrameInTheMiddle();
     }

   ChartRedraw();
  }

void NumberOne()
  {
   if(ChartGetInteger(0,CHART_IS_MAXIMIZED,0)==1)
     {
      keybd_event(0x12,0,0,0);
      keybd_event(0x52,0,0,0);
      keybd_event(0x12,0,0x0002,0);
      keybd_event(0x52,0,0x0002,0);
     }

   long FirstChartID = ChartFirst();
   long SecondChartID = ChartNext(FirstChartID);
   long ThirdChartID = ChartNext(SecondChartID);
   long FourthChartID = ChartNext(ThirdChartID);

   long FirstChartHandle, SecondChartHandle, ThirdChartHandle, FourthChartHandle;
   long FirstChartParentHandle, SecondChartParentHandle, ThirdChartParentHandle, FourthChartParentHandle;

   ChartGetInteger(FirstChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,FirstChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(SecondChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,SecondChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(ThirdChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,ThirdChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(FourthChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,FourthChartHandle);

   FirstChartParentHandle=GetParent(FirstChartHandle);
   SecondChartParentHandle=GetParent(SecondChartHandle);
   ThirdChartParentHandle=GetParent(ThirdChartHandle);
   FourthChartParentHandle=GetParent(FourthChartHandle);

   SetWindowPos(FourthChartParentHandle,0,1288,0,640,958,0);
   SetWindowPos(ThirdChartParentHandle,0,900,0,640,958,0);
   SetWindowPos(SecondChartParentHandle,0,450,0,640,958,0);
   SetWindowPos(FirstChartParentHandle,0,0,0,620,958,0);
  }

void NumberTwo()
  {
   if(ChartGetInteger(0,CHART_IS_MAXIMIZED,0)==1)
     {
      keybd_event(0x12,0,0,0);
      keybd_event(0x52,0,0,0);
      keybd_event(0x12,0,0x0002,0);
      keybd_event(0x52,0,0x0002,0);
     }

   long ThisChartID = ChartID();
   long FirstChartID = ChartFirst();
   long SecondChartID = ChartNext(FirstChartID);
   long ThirdChartID = ChartNext(SecondChartID);
   long FourthChartID = ChartNext(ThirdChartID);

   long FirstChartHandle, SecondChartHandle, ThirdChartHandle, FourthChartHandle;
   long FirstChartParentHandle, SecondChartParentHandle, ThirdChartParentHandle, FourthChartParentHandle;

   ChartGetInteger(FirstChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,FirstChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(SecondChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,SecondChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(ThirdChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,ThirdChartHandle);
   ChartGetInteger(FourthChartID,CHART_WINDOW_HANDLE,0,FourthChartHandle);

   FirstChartParentHandle=GetParent(FirstChartHandle);
   SecondChartParentHandle=GetParent(SecondChartHandle);
   ThirdChartParentHandle=GetParent(ThirdChartHandle);
   FourthChartParentHandle=GetParent(FourthChartHandle);

   if(ThisChartID==FirstChartID)
     {
      SetWindowPos(FourthChartParentHandle,0,1608,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(ThirdChartParentHandle,0,1440,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(SecondChartParentHandle,0,1280,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(FirstChartParentHandle,0,0,0,1440,958,0);
     }

   if(ThisChartID==SecondChartID)
     {
      SetWindowPos(FourthChartParentHandle,0,1608,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(ThirdChartParentHandle,0,1440,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(FirstChartParentHandle,0,0,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(SecondChartParentHandle,0,320,0,1280,958,0);
     }

   if(ThisChartID==ThirdChartID)
     {
      SetWindowPos(FourthChartParentHandle,0,1608,0,320,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(SecondChartParentHandle,0,180,0,240,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(FirstChartParentHandle,0,0,0,240,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(ThirdChartParentHandle,0,420,0,1280,958,0);
     }
   if(ThisChartID==FourthChartID)
     {
      SetWindowPos(ThirdChartParentHandle,0,252,0,240,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(SecondChartParentHandle,0,100,0,240,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(FirstChartParentHandle,0,0,0,200,958,0);
      SetWindowPos(FourthChartParentHandle,0,488,0,1440,958,0);
     }
  }

void PlusMinus()
  {
   if(ChartGetInteger(0,CHART_SCALE)<4) ChartSetInteger(0,CHART_SCALE,4);
   else ChartSetInteger(0,CHART_SCALE,3);

   ChartRedraw();

   keybd_event(0x23,0,0,0);
   keybd_event(0x23,0,0x0002,0);
  }

void ChartRescale()
  {
   ChartSetDouble(0,CHART_FIXED_MIN,0);
   ChartSetDouble(0,CHART_FIXED_MAX,2*SymbolInfoDouble(Symbol(),SYMBOL_BID));

   ChartRedraw();

   keybd_event(0x65,0,0,0);
   keybd_event(0x65,0,0x0002,0);
  }

void TimeFrameUp()
  {
   ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe;
   switch(_Period)
     {
      case PERIOD_M1:   timeframe=PERIOD_M2;    break;
      case PERIOD_M2:   timeframe=PERIOD_M3;    break;
      case PERIOD_M3:   timeframe=PERIOD_M5;    break;
      case PERIOD_M5:   timeframe=PERIOD_M10;   break;
      case PERIOD_M10:  timeframe=PERIOD_M15;   break;
      case PERIOD_M15:  timeframe=PERIOD_M30;   break;
      case PERIOD_M30:  timeframe=PERIOD_H1;    break;
      case PERIOD_H1:   timeframe=PERIOD_H4;    break;
      case PERIOD_H4:   timeframe=PERIOD_D1;    break;
      case PERIOD_D1:   timeframe=PERIOD_W1;    break;
      case PERIOD_W1:   timeframe=PERIOD_MN1;   break;
      default:    timeframe=PERIOD_M3;
     }
   ChartSetSymbolPeriod(0,_Symbol,timeframe);
  }

void TimeFrameDown()
  {
   ENUM_TIMEFRAMES timeframe;
   switch(_Period)
     {
      case PERIOD_M2:   timeframe=PERIOD_M1;    break;
      case PERIOD_M3:   timeframe=PERIOD_M2;    break;
      case PERIOD_M5:   timeframe=PERIOD_M3;    break;
      case PERIOD_M10:  timeframe=PERIOD_M5;    break;
      case PERIOD_M15:  timeframe=PERIOD_M10;   break;
      case PERIOD_M30:  timeframe=PERIOD_M15;   break;
      case PERIOD_H1:   timeframe=PERIOD_M30;   break;
      case PERIOD_H4:   timeframe=PERIOD_H1;    break;
      case PERIOD_D1:   timeframe=PERIOD_H4;    break;
      case PERIOD_W1:   timeframe=PERIOD_D1;    break;
      case PERIOD_MN1:  timeframe=PERIOD_W1;    break;
      default:    timeframe=PERIOD_M3;
     }
   ChartSetSymbolPeriod(0,_Symbol,timeframe);
  }

void TimeFrameInTheMiddle()
  {
   ChartSetSymbolPeriod(0,_Symbol,PERIOD_M3);
  }

keybd_event is used for pressing Alt+R (tile arranging chart windows), numpad 5 (stretches the chart so price reaches top and bottom) and End (shifts chart to the end after zoom change).

It's better to use include/virtualkeys.mqh than key codes.

develop own MT5 specific Question about multiple charts MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester

Daniel Arges 2018.08.18 00:45 #5

kypa:

This from a code I'm using:

keybd_event is used for pressing Alt+R (tile arranging chart windows), numpad 5 (stretches the chart so price reaches top and bottom) and End (shifts chart to the end after zoom change).

It's better to use include/virtualkeys.mqh than key codes.

Thank you all. I will try.

Email Temporaire 2023.06.24 23:48 #6

kypa #:

This from a code I'm using:

keybd_event is used for pressing Alt+R (tile arranging chart windows), numpad 5 (stretches the chart so price reaches top and bottom) and End (shifts chart to the end after zoom change).

It's better to use include/virtualkeys.mqh than key codes.

Thank you VEEEEEEERY Much.
God bless you.