Annotating events and locking the cursor

Two tools help you mark and compare specific moments: Annotate for labeled event markers, and Lock cursor for frozen readouts.

Annotating events

  1. Click “🏷 Annotate” in the Tools row.
  2. Click the chart where you want a marker, and give it a label.
  3. Drag the label to move it out of the way of the data.
  4. Use “Clear all” to remove every annotation, or “Done” to close the tool.

Multi-line labels

The label box is a growing text area, and the hint under it spells out the contract: “Enter saves · Shift+Enter adds a line”. Press Shift+Enter to drop to a new line inside the label, Enter on its own to save, and Escape to cancel. Labels render those newlines as real line breaks on the chart, so a two-line callout stays two lines.

Locking cursor readouts

  1. Click “🎯 Lock cursor” in the Tools row.
  2. Click the chart to freeze the readout at that spot — up to four locks.
  3. Compare the frozen values across your locked positions.
  4. Double-click a lock line to remove it, or “Clear all” to remove them all.

Colored readouts

Each locked row lists every visible channel as “name=value”, drawn in that channel's line color behind a small square swatch — the same pattern the hover readout and the measurement summary use. Reading four locks side by side, the color tells you which line a number belongs to without checking the sidebar.

Like measurement points, annotations and locked cursors are tied to the current X-axis mode and are cleared when you switch modes.
Locks and annotations propagate between synced windows, including edits and deletions. See Synced windows.

FAQ

Can I label events on the chart?

Yes. The Annotate tool drops labeled markers where you click, and you can drag each label out of the way of the data.

How do I put an annotation label on two lines?

Press Shift+Enter inside the label box to insert a newline. Enter on its own saves the label and Escape cancels; the chart renders the newlines as real line breaks.

How many cursor readouts can I lock?

Up to four. Click to lock a readout at a spot; double-click a lock line to remove it.