TWS UI Display Groups

Update Display Group

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EClient.updateDisplayGroup (

requestId: int. Request identifier used for tracking data.

contractInfo: String. An encoded value designating a unique IB contract. Possible values include:

  • none: Empty selection
  • contractID: Any non-combination contract. Examples 8314 for IBM SMART; 8314 for IBM ARCA
  • combo: If any combo is selected Note: This request from the API does not get a TWS response unless an error occurs.
    )

Updates the contract displayed in a TWS Window Group.

1self.updateDisplayGroup(19002, "8314@SMART")

Note: This request from the API does not get a response from TWS unless an error occurs.

In this sample we have commanded TWS Windows that chained with Group #1 to display IBM@SMART. The screenshot of TWS Mosaic to the right shows that both the pink chained (Group #1) windows are now displaying IBM@SMART, while the green chained (Group #4) window remains unchanged.

Chained windows displaying IBM@SMART.