{"id":224854,"date":"2025-05-30T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?p=224854"},"modified":"2025-06-02T03:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T07:46:47","slug":"ibkr-toolbox-creating-custom-layouts-in-the-ibkr-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/ibkr-toolbox\/ibkr-toolbox-creating-custom-layouts-in-the-ibkr-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"IBKR Toolbox: Creating Custom Layouts in the IBKR Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The IBKR Desktop is a powerful, user-friendly trading platform that has predefined screens at the click of an icon, as well as offering the investor the ability to create custom layouts on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the left-hand side of the screen are nine icons, five at the top and 4 at the bottom. 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The toolbox can also be accessed by clicking on the toolbox icon at the top-right hand side of the screen. The tools can also be filtered by Quote, Trade, and Information related tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"538\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop-1100x538.png\" alt=\"custom layout toolbox ibkr desktop\" class=\"wp-image-224860 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop-1100x538.png 1100w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop-700x342.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop-768x375.png 768w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/custom-layout-toolbox-ibkr-desktop.png 1430w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1100px; aspect-ratio: 1100\/538;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The investor can add tools by clicking on the tools they are interested in adding. A tool may be added more than once to a page. Once the page has been created the tiles can be linked together using the Color Grouping feature, like the Trader Workstation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"558\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/color-grouping-ibkr-desktop.png\" alt=\"color grouping feature ibkr desktop\" class=\"wp-image-224863 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/color-grouping-ibkr-desktop.png 936w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/color-grouping-ibkr-desktop-700x417.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/color-grouping-ibkr-desktop-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/color-grouping-ibkr-desktop-768x458.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" 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