I have 2 Workspaces - 1 named Indices, 1 named Currencies
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Each Workspace contains a number of instruments, charts and DOMs.
Each Instruments' corresponding Charts and DOMs are Linked with a unique colour (e.g. in the Indices Workspace everything ES is Red linked, YM Yellow Linked etc. and in the Currencies Workspace everything 6B is Red Linked, everything 6E is Yellow Linked etc)
Note: I have 'Tools | Options | General | Preferences | Global link button across workspaces' Unchecked (see attached Capture).
[thanks to @=Edge= in reply to a recent post on the topic (I'm posting this as a new topic, because the lead topic of that Post was not this)]
'Help' states "
Global link button across workspaces - | Sets whether the global link button will work across all open workspaces or only the current workspace. |
Unfortunately I find this wording somewhat unintelligible and seems may have been added without good consideration (it isn't capitalised consistently with other entries which doesn't help). I cannot find nor find Reference to a 'Global link button' as far as I can see.
I believe what it means to communicate (and taking a lead from immediately prior in Help 'Global Drawing Objects' and the workings of which I do understand and use, I presume what it means to convey is that if the 'Global Link Button across workspaces' Checkbox is checked, then each Link button (Red, Yellow, etc) will be effective globally across all instances of use of the Red Link button across all workspaces in the Platform, open or closed (in the manner Global Drawing Tools ere).
Conversely, if
Global Checkbox Checked - all instances of Red Link are affected in all Workspaces. Global Checkbox Unchecked, all instances of Red Link affected ONLY in the Open workspace. in which the change is made.
The problem - if I have Global Unchecked and make a change, when I Close and Save the Workspace, the change is Saved Globally to all Workspaces?
That Saving behaviour is the same as NT7 where all Link changes are Global and no other option, but not what the Help implies, particularly given that the Option to not apply Globally is at Platform 'top level' i.e. Tools | Options | General | Preferences | ? Setting General Platform Preferences for Link buttons not to apply Globally if Unchecked. If this were so, I would be able to set Red Link buttons to ES in the Indices Workspace, Red Link buttons to 6B in the Currencies Workspace, and changes made to either one would not be applied Globally across Platform General Preferences either whilst either Workspace were Open or upon Closing and re-opening with or without saving if
"Global link button across workspaces | Sets whether the global link button will work across all open workspaces or only the current workspace". |
Accurately: "'Tools | Options | General | Preferences | Global Link button across workspaces'
Sets whether the global link button will work (Checked) across all open workspaces or (Unchecked) only the current workspace ((until the Workspace is Closed at which point any changes made will be applied Globally regardless of Setting), ". |
Kind regards,
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