---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.ChartTemplates"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Chart/Templates/ChartTemplates/DefaultTemplate/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate

Member of [ChartTemplates](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Chart/Templates/ChartTemplates/index.md).

## DefaultTemplate

Gets or sets default chart template.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI works differently · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: No templates are listed; Create works for this run only and is not saved; Remove returns false; DefaultTemplate throws NullReferenceException.
- Cloud: Empty: Get returns null, Contains and Remove return false, Create and Duplicate throw, DefaultTemplate throws NullReferenceException.

C#:

```csharp
ChartTemplate DefaultTemplate {get; set;}
```

Python:

```python
api.ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate: ChartTemplate
```

### Returns

`ChartTemplate` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.6.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
Print("Default chart template: {0}", ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate.Name);
var template = ChartTemplates.Get("My Template");
if (template != null)
    ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate = template;
```

Python:

```python
api.Print(f"Default chart template: {api.ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate.Name}")
template = api.ChartTemplates.Get("My Template")
if template is not None:
    api.ChartTemplates.DefaultTemplate = template
```