draw on multiple panels

[e-man]

i have an indicator that plots in panel2. it requires horizontal lines to be drawn, so i have set

DrawOnPricePanel = false;

lines draw fine (as do dots, diamonds, arrows, etc.) and i am able to change the backcolor of panel2 without issue.

now for the questions:
1. is it possible (from this indicator that plots on panel2 with DrawOnPricePanel set to false) to draw dots, diamonds, arrows, lines etc on panel1 (the price panel)? has anyone figured out how to make this work?

2. is it possible to change the historgram bar-color and/or outline on panel2 using this singular plot? or do i need to use the NT65 trick of having two plots with different colors and only setting values for the appropriate condition?

3. is it possible to change the backcolor of panel1 from this same indicator?

using NT7 -- thanks in advance for any insights ;-)
cheers,
-e

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

Hi e-man,

1. Is unfortunately not really supported, however you can try switching the DrawOnPricePanel dynamically in your code.

2. in NT7 you can achive this with on Plot using the PlotColors array - http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...plotcolors.htm

3. this would be possible with using BackColorAll, however this is not directly limited to the Panel 1 backcolor only then.

[e-man]

thanks, Ben -- i'll give those suggestions a try. never thought to dynamically toggle the DrawOnPricePanel -- nice idea.

cheers,
-e

[powermoney]

I have an indicator using DrawOnPricePanel dynamically that works fine in v6.5, but does not work properly in NT 7. Bertrand, is that a NT 7 bug?

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

powermoney, welcome to our forums here - I need to check into this on my NT7 - however this was never a suppported workaround, so it could be 'broken' now.

[e-man]

it's not working for me either in NT7. is there a proper/supported way to do this in NT7?

cheers,
-e

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

e-man,

You will not be able to try and separate out different objects to draw on different panels. It is an all or nothing affair for DrawOnPricePanel.

[Wessel]

So what is the workaround now ?
I need to draw lines in NT7 both on the price channel and the indicator panel..

Hope there is still hope :-)

Wessel

[NinjaTrader_Bertrand]

You can always use just two indicators with different DrawOnPricePanel settings.

[powermoney]

The ability to dynamically change DrawOnPricePanel is highly desired - I am requesting that the feature be added to NT 7. The use of two indicators to achive the same result seems cumbersome and inefficient.

[NinjaTrader_Austin]

powermoney, thank you for the request. I will forward it along.

[e-man]

Wessel,

i ended up doing what Bertrand suggested -- two indicators.

i would also appreciate the ability to dynamically toggle DrawOnPricePanel, should that feature be re-enabled in NT7.

cheers,
-e

[J_o_s]

So what is the workaround now ?
I need to draw lines in NT7 both on the price channel and the indicator panel..

Hope there is still hope :-)

Wessel

Interesting. I'm running in the same problem with an custom indicator. Where can I find more about this workaround?

Dynamically changing the DrawOnPricePanel in an indicator doesn't seem to work. Well, in the way that I tried it at least. Perhaps there is an error in the following code for dynamically changing DrawOnPricePanel?

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Any ideas?

Regards,

[e-man]

afaik, there is no current work-around. this (unsupported) functionality works in 6.5 but is not present in 7.0.

guess you'll just have to add your name to the list of those requesting this be re-enabled.

cheers,
-e