Default drawing objects to All Charts

[habibalex]

In NT8, how do I set the default template for certain drawing objects to default to global draw objects? When I draw horizontal lines in NT7 they show up on all charts, but when I draw rays they only show up on that particular chart. How do I emulate this behavior in NT8? I tried saving the Default template for the horizontal line but that is not working.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello habibalex,

Can you please open the properties menu of the Ray and set 'Attach to' to (All charts).

Click "template" in the lower right corner and then click "save".

A new window will open up to save the template. Please save it as "Default".

Draw a new Ray and it should plot in all charts of the same instrument.

[habibalex]

I tried this and it doesn't work. It saves off the color and line thickness correctly but it is not drawing it as a global draw object.

[habibalex]

Also the dashed and dotted lines are really hard to tell if they are solid or not. I think the spacing on that setting needs to be changed to show a large spacing between dashes / dots.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

This works on my end. After I save the Ray properties that includes 'Attached to' set to 'All charts' in the Default template, subsequent Rays that I draw have 'Attach to' set to 'All charts'. I am not sure why this does not work for you. Can you please shut down NinjaTrader 8 and navigate to the folder below.

Documents-->NinjaTrader 8-->templates-->DrawingTool-->Ray

Delete the Default.xml file.

Start NinjaTrader 8 and repeat the instructions once more.


I will forward your suggestion to have more space between dashes and dots when such a dash style is selected. Thank you for your feedback.

[habibalex]

This doesn't work, the default colors change but it doesn't attach it to all charts.

[habibalex]

This works on my end. After I save the Ray properties that includes 'Attached to' set to 'All charts' in the Default template, subsequent Rays that I draw have 'Attach to' set to 'All charts'. I am not sure why this does not work for you. Can you please shut down NinjaTrader 8 and navigate to the folder below.

Documents-->NinjaTrader 8-->templates-->DrawingTool-->Ray

Delete the Default.xml file.

Start NinjaTrader 8 and repeat the instructions once more.


I will forward your suggestion to have more space between dashes and dots when such a dash style is selected. Thank you for your feedback.

Jason, this issue is still unresolved

[habibalex]

hey jason, still having this issue.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

After saving the template as default if you then draw a new horizontal line->open the Horizontal Line Properties window->Click Ok does the horizontal line then display on the other chart?

[habibalex]

No, the template itself does not appear to be loading the All Charts property.

This is my default.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<NinjaTrader>
  <HorizontalLine xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <IsAutoScale>false</IsAutoScale>
    <MaxValue>-1.7976931348623157E+308</MaxValue>
    <MinValue>1.7976931348623157E+308</MinValue>
    <ScaleJustification>Right</ScaleJustification>
    <DisplayOnChartsMenus>true</DisplayOnChartsMenus>
    <GlobalLastSeenSerialize>635861522778498200</GlobalLastSeenSerialize>
    <GlobalWorkspace>ES</GlobalWorkspace>
    <IsGlobalDrawingTool>true</IsGlobalDrawingTool>
    <PanelIndex>0</PanelIndex>
    <Tag>@Horizontal Line 87</Tag>
    <ZOrderType>Normal</ZOrderType>
    <StartAnchor>
      <SlotIndex>7017.8900055834729</SlotIndex>
      <DisplayName>Anchor</DisplayName>
      <IsBrowsable>true</IsBrowsable>
      <Time>2015-12-17T06:36:46.938</Time>
      <Price>2066</Price>
    </StartAnchor>
    <EndAnchor>
      <SlotIndex>7017.8900055834729</SlotIndex>
      <DisplayName>End</DisplayName>
      <IsBrowsable>false</IsBrowsable>
      <Time>2015-12-17T06:36:46.938</Time>
      <Price>2066</Price>
    </EndAnchor>
    <Stroke>
      <BrushSerialize>&lt;SolidColorBrush xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"&gt;#FF6495ED&lt;/SolidColorBrush&gt;</BrushSerialize>
      <DashStyleHelper>Solid</DashStyleHelper>
      <Width>1</Width>
    </Stroke>
    <FullTypeName>NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.DrawingTools.HorizontalLine</FullTypeName>
    <IsGlobalDrawingObjectDefault>true</IsGlobalDrawingObjectDefault>
  </HorizontalLine>
</NinjaTrader>

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

I will forward this to our development team and will follow up after I gather additional information.

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

Can you tell me if the Horizontal Line is displayed after using these steps:
1. Open 2 charts
2. Within Chart A draw a Horizontal Line
3. Within the Horizontal Line Properties select (All charts) from the Attach to drop down menu
4. Click Apply, Horizontal Line is displayed in Chart B as well
5. Save the template as default
6. Draw a new Horizontal Line in Chart A
7. Open the Properties window and verify Attach to is showing (All charts) in the drop down
8. Click Ok

After clicking OK is the Horizontal Line then displayed within Chart B as well?

[habibalex]

After saving it as the default template, and drawing the 2nd line, in the properties of the 2nd horizontal line, it does not say "All Charts".

[NinjaTrader_ChristopherJ]

To forward your log and trace files please go to Help->Email Support and be sure to include Attn: Chris Jameson in the Subject line, a link to this thread in the body and a check in the box for "Template files".

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

The suggestion to have more space between dashes and dots is added to the list and is assigned to SFT-1020.