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The Main Toolbar in MarketDelta is an important part of program operation. It allows you to see the “Hearbeat” icon, which signals if your data feed is sending data. You can also start your data service and download historical data all from this toolbar.

You can easily customize what appears on this toolbar, as well as its size. To see the available options for customization, right-click the white Status bar in the toolbar, and you will see a menu:

The settings are:

Anchored - locks the toolbar to the main program window so it doesn’t “Float.” If you are often “losing” the toolbar from dragging it around your monitors, this may be a convenient option.

Button Titles – After you become familiar with what each button does, you may find you no longer need to view the text titles that appear under each button. Unchecking this option will make the toolbar smaller, providing more room for your charts, if desired.

Condensed - This removes spacing between the buttons so they are closer together, thus shortening the size of the toolbar.

Slim - If you are in need of maximizing the vertical real estate on your computer monitor, this setting forces the entire toolbar, including its Status bar, into one row.

You can also change which buttons actually appear on the toolbar itself. This useful if you want to reduce clutter by removing buttons you do not use, or by adding buttons that you would use more often, for frequently-used features.

For example, if you subscribe to a Professional version of the software, you may wish to add the RTL button to the toolbar so you can quickly access those features that set these versions apart. Simply click the “Preference” option after you right-click the Status bar. You will get this pop-up window:

Select the buttons you wish to appear or not appear, and then press the OK button, and your Main toolbar will change accordingly.