Re: Cursor Question

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Posted by Mark on August 27, 2006 at 14:12:41:

In Reply to: Re: Cursor Question posted by David on August 27, 2006 at 13:51:48:

: ": Hi David,

: : I believe you're describing the "marker cursor". Whenever you hover the mouse over any marker, the cursor will change to an X shape. This lets you know you are over a marker, and have new choices in the right-mouse popup menu. You can't turn this feature off, but if you wanted, you could turn off the display of markers, so this cursor wouldn't show up."

: It is indeed a marker cursor; I just checked it by putting it over a marker on a different security. The problem is, it stays that way over the entire green background of the graph. And I'm not sure, but I think that I just discovered WHEN it happens. (You remember, it happens "sometimes".) I think that it happens when I've got a "new" security open on top, i.e., a security with only the original buy transaction, and which therefore has NO markers visible, even though I've got a whole bunch of markers enabled in Options|Markers.

: I just tried right-clicking on random pieces of screen background when this is happening, to see what would happen. I get a list which starts "Edit Transaction", as if it's on a marker, and when I go into "Edit Transaction", it gives me the original buy. In other words, it's treating the whole green background as the original "buy" marker. Is it supposed to be that way?

: Thanks.
: David.

Hi David,

This is correct. When you plot a brand new investment with only a single price point, the X and Y scales are set to just that single point by default. If you adjust the X or Y scales to something else, or as you retrieve more price data the scales will expand. As this happens you will only see the marker cursor when you are right over a marker.

Thanks,
Mark
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