Skeleton Crosshair

The skeleton crosshair is a stripped-down version of the full crosshair. It omits the floating readout panel and reduces line opacity, providing just the essential vertical and horizontal guides for tracking price and time with minimal visual interference. It is the middle option in the crosshair cycle: Off, Full crosshair, Skeleton crosshair.

While the full crosshair provides a rich data readout at the intersection point, the skeleton variant trusts that experienced users can read price and time values from the chart axes directly. By removing the floating panel, it preserves more chart real estate and reduces cognitive load when many indicators are already visible.

Identical in function to the standard crosshair, the skeleton variant draws only the two axis lines — no OHLC readout, no volume panel, no change indicator. The lines are thinner and use a muted color to blend into the chart background. The price and time values still appear on the chart edges along the axes, so you can read the crosshair position from the scale markers.

All crosshair features remain functional: magnet mode, pane synchronization, and Shift-to-lock all work in skeleton mode. The only difference is the visual presentation. This means you can switch between skeleton and full crosshair without losing any functional capability.

• Presentations and screenshots where a clean appearance matters.
• Working on overlays with many indicators where the full crosshair adds noise.
• Users who primarily rely on edge-axis labels and do not need floating readouts.
• Multi-monitor setups where screen real estate is at a premium.
• When using the candle tooltip as the primary data readout mechanism.
• During video recording or live streaming for a professional, clean look.

1. 1
   Enable skeleton crosshair

   Select the skeleton crosshair from the crosshair dropdown in the toolbar.
2. 2
   Cycle through modes

   Repeated presses of the crosshair hotkey cycle through: Off, Full crosshair, Skeleton crosshair.
3. 3
   Track position

   Read the time from the bottom axis marker and the price from the side axis marker.
4. 4
   Use with tooltip

   Hover bars while skeleton crosshair is active to see the candle tooltip for detailed OHLC data.
5. 5
   Return to full crosshair

   Switch back via the same toolbar dropdown or by cycling the keyboard shortcut.

Many experienced users adopt a layered approach: skeleton crosshair as the default for general analysis, full crosshair toggled on for detailed data inspection, and the candle tooltip as the on-demand readout. This combination gives maximum chart clarity with full data access when needed.

The skeleton crosshair line colors and opacities are linked to the chart theme. In dark themes, lines default to a muted gray or blue at 40% opacity. In light themes, lines use a darker shade with slightly higher opacity for adequate contrast. Custom theme creators can set specific skeleton crosshair properties independently of the full crosshair, allowing fine-grained visual tuning.

The difference between full crosshair and skeleton crosshair is most apparent on busy charts. On a chart with multiple indicators (RSI, MACD, volume, Bollinger Bands), the full crosshair adds a floating readout panel that can overlap indicator labels or band values. The skeleton crosshair eliminates this overlap entirely. On clean charts with few indicators, the visual difference is minor — the skeleton simply appears slightly more transparent and lighter.

Experienced users often bind the crosshair cycle to a mouse button or a readily accessible keyboard shortcut. This allows rapid toggling: skeleton mode for general chart browsing, full crosshair when you need the data readout, and off for screenshots or presentation. Combined with the candle tooltip, this three-state system provides maximum flexibility with minimal visual overhead.

The crosshair cycle order (Off, Full, Skeleton) can be customized in the settings. You can remove the skeleton mode from the cycle entirely, or change the order to Off, Skeleton, Full if you use skeleton mode more frequently. You can also exclude the Off state, creating a two-state toggle between Full and Skeleton only. These customizations let you tailor the crosshair cycle to your specific workflow.

The skeleton crosshair has a minor performance advantage over the full crosshair because it skips the readout panel rendering. On standard charts with moderate indicator counts, this difference is imperceptible. On very complex layouts with 20+ indicator panes, the skeleton crosshair may provide slightly smoother cursor tracking due to reduced per-frame rendering work. In practice, most users choose based on visual preference rather than performance.

• 1.Crosshair settings — Chart settings documentation
• 2.Full crosshair reference — Cursor tools
• 3.Candle tooltip reference — Cursor tools
• 4.Keyboard shortcuts reference — Platform shortcuts
• 5.Chart themes & customization — Platform documentation