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This question (wishlist) item may be point and figure specific or may be more general for other chart styles.

I like my point and figure X's and O's to be visually smaller than current WL7 sizing, so that I can see more columns on the screen. I therefore tried the following code in an attempt to reduce the bar spacing as the property is a double.

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public override void Initialize(BarHistory bars) {          ChartDisplaySettings cds = new ChartDisplaySettings();          cds.BarSpacing = 0.1;          SetChartDrawingOptions(cds);    }


However this did not do anything. I tried even smaller values, again to no effect.

Is this possible? If not could this be a cosmetic feature request?
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Cone8
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Bar spacing 1 is literally 1-pixel, that can't be set smaller.

More columns would require "faster" P&F changes, right?.. or a longer monitor?
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Glitch8
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or a weekly scale?
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Yes and No.
1 have supersize monitor that has charts that includes large, medium and small timescales of P&F so that I can crosscheck my algorithms.

For me PnF settings:
daily with rev size 3 == Weekly OHLC bars
daily with rev size 1 == Daily OHLC bars
30min with rev size 1 and smaller box size == 30min OHLC bars

So for example for AAPL:
large size : WL6 lets me see almost 2 years of columns, but WL7 only 8 months
med size: WL6 almost 1 year of columns, but WL7 only 5 months
small size: WL6 3 months, but WL7 only 1 month

My request is cosmetic, allowing me easy cross check, but I have found the WL6 scaling is optimal for the amount of history I need to see. For example significant PnF structures happened Feb-Mar 2020, Oct-Nov 2020 and Mar-Apr 2021 and my experience with WL6 scaling over the years suggest this is typical.

Thanks for the help
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Glitch8
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We can probably tweak the P&F rendering to allow it to draw smaller boxes for lower bar spacings. i’ll take a look tomorrow.
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Glitch8
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#5
In the next release of Trend Chart Styles which will coincide with Build 30 you'll be able to shrink the P&F bar spacing down much smaller.

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#6
Excellent news. Thank you.
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