Feature Suggestions for Better Usability in MT5

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Hello MetaQuotes Team and fellow traders,

I'd like to propose a few improvements to MT5 that I believe would significantly enhance user experience and workflow efficiency:

I. Enhanced Order Display in the "Open Orders" Tab:
1. Display open orders using a tree structure to group orders by symbol.
   - Level 1: Show the symbol name.
   - Level 2: Show all active orders for that symbol.
   - Allow expand/collapse functionality for each symbol.
   - Include quick action buttons like: Close All, Close Buy, Close Sell, Close Profitable, Close Loss.

II. Improved Chart Tab Navigation:
- When many charts are open, MT5 currently puts all tabs in a single row, requiring users to click arrows to scroll through tabs, which is not very convenient.
- Pressing Spacebar on an open order opens a new chart window for the symbol, but this chart does not retain the existing indicators or EAs.
- Suggested improvements:
   - Enable mouse wheel scrolling on the tab bar to switch between open chart tabs.
   - When pressing Spacebar on an open order, open the **existing** chart tab for that symbol (if it exists and has indicators/EAs), instead of opening a new blank chart.

III. Customizable Hotkeys:
- Allow full customization of keyboard shortcuts.
- Add more hotkey options for common trading actions such as opening, modifying, or closing orders.

I hope these ideas are helpful and can be considered in future updates. Thank you for your continued support and development of the platform.

Best regards,  

Phong

 
dpp6699:
Hello MetaQuotes Team and fellow traders,

I'd like to propose a few improvements to MT5 that I believe would significantly enhance user experience and workflow efficiency:

I. Enhanced Order Display in the "Open Orders" Tab:
1. Display open orders using a tree structure to group orders by symbol.
   - Level 1: Show the symbol name.
   - Level 2: Show all active orders for that symbol.
   - Allow expand/collapse functionality for each symbol.
   - Include quick action buttons like: Close All, Close Buy, Close Sell, Close Profitable, Close Loss.

II. Improved Chart Tab Navigation:
- When many charts are open, MT5 currently puts all tabs in a single row, requiring users to click arrows to scroll through tabs, which is not very convenient.
- Pressing Spacebar on an open order opens a new chart window for the symbol, but this chart does not retain the existing indicators or EAs.
- Suggested improvements:
   - Enable mouse wheel scrolling on the tab bar to switch between open chart tabs.
   - When pressing Spacebar on an open order, open the **existing** chart tab for that symbol (if it exists and has indicators/EAs), instead of opening a new blank chart.

III. Customizable Hotkeys:
- Allow full customization of keyboard shortcuts.
- Add more hotkey options for common trading actions such as opening, modifying, or closing orders.

I hope these ideas are helpful and can be considered in future updates. Thank you for your continued support and development of the platform.

Best regards,  

Phong

Thank you for your suggestion.

NOTE-1: this forum is intended for user discussions, troubleshooting and sharing knowledge on trading and markets, rather than as a direct channel for development requests to MetaQuotes.

NOTE-2: the suggestions are posted in the official thread about builds, for example: https://www.mql5.com/ en/forum/478179

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