Custom drawing crosshairs

[cbritton]

I'm trying to draw a crosshair that indicates a projected target price on the price chart. I tried to use the DrawLine() api, but it seems lacking since I can not specify the exact coordinates to draw. For example, if I make this call:

DrawLine("tag1", true, 1, 43, 0, 43, Color.Black, DashStyle.Solid, 1);

It will draw a line from the previous bar to the current bar at the price value I intend (43). However, that is only half of the horizontal line. I could draw another line from the next bar over (-1, but I don't think this will work?), but then how do I draw the vertical line at that bar to complete the crosshair?

I could use the DrawText() method to draw a "+", but it seems that would have to be tweaked a lot to get accuracy with the vertical axis value.

Is there another api I can use to do this?

Thanks,
Chris

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Chris,

I am not entirely sure what you mean. You can use DrawVerticalLine() to draw a vertical line on whichever bar index you want. You can also even use DrawHorizontalLine() to draw a horizontal line at a specific price all the way across the chart.

[cbritton]

I don't want to draw lines across the entire chart. Just small "+" above or below a price bar at the target price.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

Best bet is your idea for using DrawText with + as the text then. You may need to fudge around with the exact placement to get it aligned where you want it exactly.