Buttons-StackPanels-DockPanels

[-=Edge=-]

I believe Matthew updated the file in his original post #21.. Just re-download it..

It would seem there is still a small nuance in displaying a button in NT's toolbar, "Only on the Chart/Tab the indicator is Applied To". Using the MainTabControl works great in most every situation except one.. I'm not sure how I missed this in B3, but this is not unique to B4..

Using the exact indicator Matthew provided in post #21

Open a new workspace..
Create a new Chart..
Add or Duplicate another tab/chart

You should now have a single window with 2 charts/tabs (it doesn't matter what instrument or dataseries are applied to the charts)

Add the indicator to your 2nd tabbed chart.. (The button appears, click events work, and all is well!)

Now click on the first tabbed chart.. (the button is collapsed thru the use of the MainTabControl.SelectionChanged event as expected and all is still well).. So far, Clicking back and forth between the two chart/tabs works great!

Now here is the problem..

Click on the first tabbed chart..
Close NT8 and save the workspace..
Now Re-Open NT8..

You'll now notice that the button appears on the 1st tabbed chart, even though it is only applied to the 2nd.. It will actually be displayed on every chart if you had more..

Once you click on the second tab and back to first again, it is gone, and everythings ok again, but the selectionchanged event doesn't catch this the first time the workspace is opened..


Any idea's on how we can get around this issue?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello -=Edge=-,

The button just needs to start with the visibility as collapsed if the indicator is not added to the active tab.

Basically change line 74 so that the button starts as collapsed, then after this line set it to visible if the active tab contains the indicator.

exampleButton = new Button { Content = "Example Button", Visibility = Visibility.Collapsed };

foreach (TabItem tab in chartWindow.MainTabControl.Items)
	if ((tab.Content as ChartTab).ChartControl == ChartControl && tab == chartWindow.MainTabControl.SelectedItem)
		exampleButton.Visibility = Visibility.Visible;

(I tried to do this with linq but for some reason can't get a where or a find on this object.. but this does just fine.)

[-=Edge=-]

Basically change line 74 so that the button starts as collapsed, then after this line set it to visible if the active tab contains the indicator.

Works like a champ! Thank You Very Much!

[palinuro]

The link to the most recent example file in post 21 seems to be broken, I don't get anything using Chrome and only a .php file using IE.

[-=Edge=-]

The link to the most recent example file in post 21 seems to be broken, I don't get anything using Chrome and only a .php file using IE.

Yes, tends to work that way with IE.. In IE save the file as SampleAddChartButton.cs instead of the attached.php that is gives by default.. That should work just fine..


Here are some screen shots of a few things I've accomplished so far..



Can You Tell I Like Buttons!!!

Rather than cluttering up the indicator properties window and the cumbersome way of changing and/or selecting all those settings, for things like my drawbar and color palette, I'm using context menus along with my own personal property window that can all be accessed with a simple click of the indicators button icon..



Almost ready to release a few products, just need to finalize my personal server authentication check, finish up a few more code tweaks, and should be ready to go!

Thanks Again NinjaTrader for yet another Great Product Upgrade!

[palinuro]

Got it working - it's tab-specific, but won't display on a second tab even when I add it to the second chart.

I've also incorporated the button code from post 21 into an indicator, and can see the indicator on the second chart but not the button.

Any suggestions?

[-=Edge=-]

Got it working - it's tab-specific, but won't display on a second tab even when I add it to the second chart. Any suggestions?

Yes, in that particular example, the isToolBarButtonAdded bool is being set prematurely to true, because it found the automation property from the first time the indicator was added.. Which ends up causing the button code below it to never run..

The setting and checking of those Automation Properties aren't really necessary unless you have a special case where you need to access them outside the indicator code..

I've attached a much better example of adding a ToolBar Button..

I've also tried to include enough comments to make everything fairly understandable..

[jhowinvest]

How did you set the width of the individual buttons for your docked panel?

[palinuro]

Yes, in that particular example, the isToolBarButtonAdded bool is being set prematurely to true, because it found the automation property from the first time the indicator was added.. Which ends up causing the button code below it to never run..

The setting and checking of those Automation Properties aren't really necessary unless you have a special case where you need to access them outside the indicator code..

I've attached a much better example of adding a ToolBar Button..

I've also tried to include enough comments to make everything fairly understandable..

Thanks very much, all's working now - you've probably saved me days of poking around trying to figure it out...

[-=Edge=-]

How did you set the width of the individual buttons for your docked panel?

btn.Width = (int);
btn.Height = (int);

[-=Edge=-]

Thanks very much, all's working now - you've probably saved me days of poking around trying to figure it out...

Your Welcome! and thanks for the note of appreciation!

[richbois]

Yes, in that particular example, the isToolBarButtonAdded bool is being set prematurely to true, because it found the automation property from the first time the indicator was added.. Which ends up causing the button code below it to never run..

The setting and checking of those Automation Properties aren't really necessary unless you have a special case where you need to access them outside the indicator code..

I've attached a much better example of adding a ToolBar Button..

I've also tried to include enough comments to make everything fairly understandable..

Thank you for the great work

Is there a way to change the font and the background color on these buttons????

Thank you in advance

[jhowinvest]

[QUOTE=-=Edge=-;429228]btn.Width = (int);
btn.Height = (int);


Thanks Edge. I have been able to use that property to make the buttons wider but not make them more narrow. There seems to be a default set somehow that will not allow the buttons to be more narrow. Maybe in the dockpanel? I have worked with the horizontalalignment and horizontalcontentalignment and see the difference there but making the buttons really narrow/skinny is evading me. Any ideas? Thanks again for all of your work on this topic.

[jhowinvest]

Font I'm not sure on but you should be able to use

btn1.Background = Brushes.White; for white background
btn1.Background = Brushes.Blue; for blue background etc.

[Calonious]

btn.FontFamily and btn.FontSize

FYI, You may or may not need to set the Style to null for button so you can override the style's fonts and colors. NT isn't in front of me currently to test this out

Ref: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...v=vs.110).aspx