> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://takeprofit.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Drawing Tools > Every drawing tool on the TakeProfit chart, grouped by the job it does: trend lines, Fibonacci, patterns, trade plans, shapes, and notes, plus snapping, sync, and shortcuts. Drawing tools Put your analysis on the chart Trend lines, Fibonacci levels, chart patterns, and volume tools. Snap them to prices, sync them across charts, and reach most tools with a single shortcut. [ Start with line tools](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Line-tools.md) [ Keyboard shortcuts](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Drawing-Tools-Keyboard-Shortcuts.md) ## Pick the tool you need > [card] [Measurement & Volume](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Measurement-tools.md) > > Risk and reward, drawn candles, volume profiles and anchored averages. > [card] [Lines & Channels](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Line-tools.md) > > Trend lines, rays, horizontal and vertical levels, parallel channels, and pitchforks. > [card] [Patterns & Waves](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Pattern-tools.md) > > Harmonic patterns and Elliott impulse and correction waves. > [card] [Shapes & Curves](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Shapes.md) > > Rectangles, circles, triangles, ellipses, curves, and arcs. > [card] [Brush & Path](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Free-form-tools.md) > > Pen, highlighter, path, and polygon for you to draw by yourself. > [card] [Fibonacci & Gann](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Fibonacci-tools.md) > > Retracement, extension, fans, arcs, circles, spiral, wedge, and the Gann tools. > [card] [Text & Annotations](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Text-tools.md) > > Text, callouts, and price tags to place your thoughts next to prices. > [card] [Object Tree (Layers)](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Object-tree.md) > > Group, reorder, hide, and lock drawings and indicators from one list. > [card] [Utility Tools](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Utility-tools.md) > > Magnet mode, Favorites, the Sync tool and the Lock tool — the controls that change how every other tool behaves. > [card] [Drawing on Mobile](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/drawing-tools-mobile.md) > > Touchpad mode, for precise anchor points on a small touch screen. ## Search Drawings Press **Cmd/Ctrl + S**, or click the magnifier at the left end of the toolbar, to open **Search drawings**. Type any part of a tool's name and it filters the full list — every drawing tool on the chart, under the same headings as the toolbar. Along the top sit the toggles you would otherwise hunt for — **Strong magnet**, **Hide all drawings**, **Lock all drawings**, **Keep drawing**, **Hotkeys** and **Remove all drawings** — and below them **Sync new drawings**, which sets whether a new drawing lands as **Global**, **Workspace**, **Channel** or **Local**. Each tool in the list shows its shortcut. Hover one to **add a hotkey** to a tool that has none, or to **star** it into your favorites. ## Drawing Kit Wheel Press **Alt/Option + right-click** anywhere on the chart to open your full drawing kit right where you are working, without going to the toolbar. * **Your favorites** sit in the inner wheel, so the tools you use most are always one move away. * **Categories** sit in the outer wheel. Hover one and its tools expand around it. * **Hover a tool** to see its name, and click it to start drawing. * **Close** the wheel with the **×** in the middle. ## How drawing works
  1. Step 1 of 4 Pick a tool Choose it in the drawing toolbar, or press its shortcut, such as Alt + T for a line.
  2. Step 2 of 4 Place the points Magnet mode snaps points to highs and lows. Hold Cmd/Ctrl to snap to every open, high, low, and close.
  3. Step 3 of 4 Style it once & Keep Drawing Adjust lines, levels, and text, keep drawing until you need, then save it as a template or a favorite.
  4. Step 4 of 4 Keep it in order Choose which charts show the drawing, lock what shouldn't move, and group drawings in the Object Tree.
## Where a drawing shows up Every drawing has a sync level that decides which charts display it. Set it in the drawing's settings or in the [Object Tree](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Object-tree.md). | Sync level | The drawing appears on | | - | - | | **Local** (default) | Only the chart you drew it on | | **Channel** | Every chart in the same [linked channel](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/getting-started/Widget-Hub.md#widget-linking) | | **Workspace** | Every chart in the current workspace | | **Global** | Every chart in every workspace | Drawings also hold their place across timeframes: a level drawn on 1H sits at the same price on the daily. A chart you forked into a workspace as an unlinked widget counts as a separate chart, so raise the sync level if a Local drawing should appear there too. ## Drawings and the price scale A drawing is anchored to **prices and times**, not to pixels. Switch the price scale between *Regular*, *Logarithmic*, *Percent* and *Index to 100* in [Chart settings](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Chart-settings.md) and every anchor stays on the price and the bar you put it on. What changes is the shape between the anchors. A logarithmic scale gives equal percentage moves equal room, so the gap on screen between two prices is no longer proportional to the difference between them. A line drawn between two prices is therefore rendered as a curve rather than a straight run of pixels — it still passes through both of its anchors, and that is intended. Pick the scale before you place levels you mean to trade, and keep the chart on it. ## Shortcuts worth learning | Tool | Shortcut | Action | Shortcut | | - | - | - | - | | Line | **Alt + T** | Hide all drawings | **Cmd/Ctrl + H** | | Horizontal line | **Alt + H** | Lock or unlock a drawing | **Cmd/Ctrl + L** | | Parallel channel | **Alt + Shift + C** | Clone a drawing | **Cmd/Ctrl + drag** | | Fibonacci retracement | **Alt + F** | Strong magnet | Hold **Cmd/Ctrl** | | Long & Short position | **Alt + L** | Snap to 45° and 90° | Hold **Shift** while drawing | | Text | **Alt + Shift + T** | Measure | Hold **Shift** | | Search drawings | **Cmd/Ctrl + S** | Heatmap magnifier | Hold **Alt** | | [Drawing Kit Wheel](#drawing-kit-wheel) | **Alt/Option + right-click** | | | [All shortcuts](https://takeprofit.com/docs/guide/platform/chart-widget/Drawing-Tools-Keyboard-Shortcuts.md), grouped by tool. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.