# The script editor

> Write, save, open and organise your scripts, and put them on a chart, in the editor panel on the right.

The script editor is a panel at the right of the terminal. **Script editor** in the
bottom bar shows and hides it; drag its left edge to make it wider or narrower.

## The toolbar

| Part | What it does |
|---|---|
| Script name ▾ | The script menu: save, copy, rename, create, the scripts you used lately, open, delete. A dot after the name means unsaved changes |
| **▷ Add to chart** | Saves and puts the script on the active chart. Opened from a chart's legend it reads **Update on chart** and replaces the code there. Disabled while the code has errors |
| Save | Saves to your scripts (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd>); someone else's script is saved as your own copy |
| Share | Share the script with a link or with people (signed in) |
| ⋯ | Open a script, show or hide the minimap and the log, the font size |

In a narrow panel **Add to chart** shows only its ▷ icon and the minimap steps
aside; long lines scroll sideways instead of being cut off.

## The script menu

| Item | |
|---|---|
| Save script | <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> |
| Make a copy | A copy named "… (copy)", opened in the editor |
| Rename… | Changes the name in the script's `script "Name"` line |
| Create new | An indicator or a strategy from a template, or a script from a share link |
| Recently used | The last five scripts you opened |
| Open script… | All your scripts (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>O</kbd> in the editor) |
| Delete script | Asks once more: click again within three seconds. Scripts others shared with you are removed from your list instead |

## Open script

**Open script…** lists every script you have, with a search field and filters for
indicators, strategies, scripts shared with you and scripts added from the library.
Click a script to open it. Hover a row for its buttons: **+** puts the script on the
active chart, the bin deletes it (a second click confirms) without opening it first.

## Your scripts in the indicators dialog

The indicators dialog (**Indicators** in the top bar, or <kbd>/</kbd>) has **My
scripts** under Personal. Click a script there to add it to the chart; **{ }** opens
it in the editor. Scripts already on the chart are marked **On chart**, and **New
script** starts a new indicator in the editor.

## Writing code

| Keys | |
|---|---|
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> | Save (and update the chart the script came from) |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>O</kbd> | Open script… |
| <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>/</kbd> | Comment the selected lines out, or back in |
| <kbd>Enter</kbd> | New line with the indentation of the last, one level deeper after `{`, `(` or `[` |

The code compiles a quarter of a second after you stop typing. Problems appear in a
list under the code with their line and column; click one to jump there. The status
line counts errors and warnings and shows the cursor's position; **Logs** opens what
the script on the chart wrote with `log.info(...)`.