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Configure the Blotter Panels

You can hide or display columns in the Blotter panels using the panel-specific layout manager in Global Configuration.

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To show or hide Blotter columns

  1. From the top left of any panel, click the Configure wrench icon.
  2. In the right pane, select the tab for the columns you want to modify. You can choose Market Data Columns or Order Columns.
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  3. Field in the Shown Columns list are visible on your trading panel. To display other fields on your trading panel, select from the Available list and add to the Shown list.
  4. To remove columns from the trading panel, select fields from the Shown list and remove to the Available list.

Bolded titles indicate columns that cannot be removed from the panel display.

You can change the order in which the fields are presented on a panel using the vertical up and down arrows in the Shown Columns list. In the picture below, I’ve moved the Key field to the right on my Tickets panel so that it displays next to the Total Quantity field.

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To change the column order

  1. In the Shown Columns list, click on the field that you want to move.
  2. Click the arrows to move the column:

Panels that use the double-row layout can also be moved directly from the screen by dragging and dropping a column to a new location.