# Web app chart time axis / period (web/desktop app) **URL:** \ **Category:** 💡 Feature suggestions & ideas\ **Created:** [August 31, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099 "2020-08-31T16:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdrj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sdrj](https://community.trading212.com/u/sdrj)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/1 "2020-08-31T16:14:05Z")
A few frustrations on the web app’s handing of time / x-axis: - I find the horizontal scrolling on charts is not very intuitive, especially when the y-axis range changes as you scroll time on the x-axis: that makes it really difficult to understand relative price change over time. - Why is the data so limited for some stocks, in terms of history: it’s as if you only have the data from when you offered that stock: which is quite frustrating. - Zooming fully out (-) then back in (+) results in a 90% empty chart display, with the start of the displayed x-axis being around today’s date and the right-hand end far into the future; very unfriendly
 and mostly pointless. What’s the benefit of having an x-axis that starts on, say, 17-Aug-2020 and ends on 5-Jul-2022? Perhaps some people want to annotate charts with future predictions? - Why do I need to select the data point granularity (referred to as Time Period) from the drop-down at the top of the chart? Can this not just be automatic based on the zoom level I’ve selected? 
so overall, I find the chart feature on the mobile app SO much more intuitive to use compared to the web app. Can some of these be addressed? I’m sure there will be people who like the current arrangement, so perhaps the following would work: - Have a new _Automatic_ option in the _Time Period_ drop-down, and maybe rename that option to _Data Granularity_ or something similar (which may make more sense to more people) - Have a new _Zoom To_ (or _Time Period_) drop-down, probably next to the existing Zoom +/- buttons, with the same options as the mobile app: 1D, 1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y & Max - (Optional) Have a new option in Settings for the default _Zoom To_ for newly opened charts. I think that would really help usability of the web app. ---
**Author:** ![too\_short](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/too_short/32/16070_2.png) [@too\_short](https://community.trading212.com/u/too_short)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/2 "2020-09-09T11:57:37Z")
This: > [@sdrj](#): > > Have a new _Automatic_ option in the _Time Period_ drop-down, and maybe rename that option to _Data Granularity_ or something similar (which may make more sense to more people) And this: > [@sdrj](#): > > Have a new _Zoom To_ (or _Time Period_ ) drop-down, probably next to the existing Zoom +/- buttons, with the same options as the mobile app: 1D, 1W, 1M, 3M, 1Y & Max And also this, please: > [@X-axis & vertical gridlines overhaul](https://community.trading212.com/t/x-axis-vertical-grid-overhaul/19112): > > As of now, the vertical gridlines and the x-axis scaling are pretty much meaningless. A lot of graph enrichment potential is lost here. Example: [2020-09-09\_13h09\_02] Yes, a gridline always indicates the start of a new time section. But what time section is that?! 11:00-15:00 = 4h, starting in the middle of a trading day?! Why not stick to known, meaningful time sections such as 1 hour , 30 minutes , 1 trading day. Heck, even multiple hours per time section are fine, as long as they start 
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**Author:** ![Enlil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/enlil/32/6984_2.png) [@Enlil](https://community.trading212.com/u/Enlil)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/3 "2020-09-09T12:27:40Z")
I think the web platform is still work in progress. I’ve read somewhere, they were soon releasing a new version of it. Fingers crossed
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**Author:** ![James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@James](https://community.trading212.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/4 "2020-09-09T12:50:37Z")
The new version is out, in beta: [https://live.trading212.com/beta](https://live.trading212.com/beta) They’re still working on an “Advanced” mode too ---
**Author:** ![sdrj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@sdrj](https://community.trading212.com/u/sdrj)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/5 "2020-09-09T13:04:55Z")
@James That’s great info, thank you! At first glance, it looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Enlil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/enlil/32/6984_2.png) [@Enlil](https://community.trading212.com/u/Enlil)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/6 "2020-09-09T13:35:23Z")
Thanks for sharing 🙂 Just had a look at it. Pretty disappointing so far (at least for Invest accounts). The current platform isn’t ergonomic, that one is even worse
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**Author:** ![too\_short](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/too_short/32/16070_2.png) [@too\_short](https://community.trading212.com/u/too_short)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/7 "2020-09-09T14:01:38Z")
Thanks for sharing! So, mobile app and web app design are more aligned now. The ‘new’ UI looks like a tablet version of the mobile app. Especially appreciating the ‘investment overview’ card incl. graph. **But:** I don’t see any changes in the graph / chart design. Wouldn’t expect them to be part of that update either. It obviously has a different purpose. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@James](https://community.trading212.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/8 "2020-09-09T14:06:36Z")
Yeah, those were my thoughts too. Hopefully the “Advanced” mode fixes some things but I think any substantial graph updates would be outside their scope for it unfortunately
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**Author:** ![too\_short](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/too_short/32/16070_2.png) [@too\_short](https://community.trading212.com/u/too_short)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/9 "2020-09-09T14:09:44Z")
Got any related thread for this beta move? Would love to share our ideas from here in there. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@James](https://community.trading212.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/10 "2020-09-09T14:12:08Z")
There’s a sticky thread here: [New Web App for Invest & ISA](https://community.trading212.com/t/new-web-app-for-invest-isa/19026) ---
**Author:** ![Enlil](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/enlil/32/6984_2.png) [@Enlil](https://community.trading212.com/u/Enlil)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/web-app-chart-time-axis-period-web-desktop-app/18099/11 "2020-09-09T14:15:52Z")
I just posted a feedback on there. Hopefully they’ll consider enhancing the “trading” part of the “trading platform” thing 😃 It looks nice though. Clearer.