How to Resize Charts on TradingView, Easy Shortcuts to Reset to Default View 2026

Start from any chart in your TradingView layout. In this walkthrough it's the Dow Jones Industrial Average (US30) on the 1D timeframe, with the watchlist docked on the right and volume and RSI panels stacked below the price chart.

Nothing needs to be selected first; the reset and resize tools work on whichever chart currently has focus. If the layout has zoomed in tight enough that candles look stretched and recent price action has scrolled off to one side, that's the state these shortcuts are built to fix.

Right-click anywhere on the price area, not on the toolbar or the watchlist. This opens a context menu with chart-specific actions: copying the price under your cursor, pasting, adding an alert or a trade order at that price level, working with drawings, and, near the top, Reset chart view.

The menu lists a shortcut next to it: Alt+R on Windows, Option+R on a Mac. That's worth memorizing if this comes up often, since it skips the menu entirely.

Selecting Reset chart view snaps the chart back to its default zoom level and time range, centering the most recent candles and restoring the price axis to a normal scale. This only touches the visual framing. It doesn't delete drawings, remove indicators, or change underlying settings, so it's a safe first move whenever a chart looks off after scrolling or zooming: you zoomed in to inspect a candle and now can't find your way back out.

When you want a different size on purpose, more room for the price panel, less for volume, hover over the border between two panels, or between the chart and the watchlist, until the cursor changes to a resize arrow, then click and drag. Dragging the line between the price chart and the RSI panel gives the candles more vertical space at the expense of the indicator panel. Holding Shift while dragging moves several borders at the same time, per TradingView's own layout documentation, which is faster than adjusting each panel one at a time when a whole layout needs rebalancing.

Double-click the same border you dragged, and TradingView returns it to its default state instantly. That's a narrower tool than Reset chart view: it only affects panel proportions, not zoom or time range, so reach for it specifically when a resize, not a zoom, is what needs undoing.

One thing to keep straight: double-clicking on a border resets it, but double-clicking inside a panel, on the chart or indicator area itself, not the dividing line, maximizes that panel to fill the whole chart area instead. Holding Ctrl (Cmd on a Mac) while double-clicking inside a panel collapses it instead. Three different clicks, three different results, and it's easy to land the wrong one if the cursor isn't exactly on the border.

These solve different problems, so keep them straight: Reset chart view (right-click, or Alt+R) fixes zoom and scroll position. Double-clicking a border fixes panel size.

Double-clicking inside a panel maximizes it, and adding Ctrl or Cmd collapses it. If a chart looks wrong after scrolling and zooming, reach for the reset first.

If a panel is the wrong size because a drag went too far, double-click that border instead. None of these touch indicators, drawings, or saved chart data. They're purely visual, which makes them safe to use freely while finding a layout that works.