Lock text on the right side of chart

[symphys]

How can I lock a text object on the right side of the chart?

So that it's Y position is fixed but moves on the X axes.

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hello symphys,

Thank you for your post.

Unfortunately, this is not possible with the drawing tools presently as they will tied to the specific place on the chart.

I will forward your suggestion to have text move with the time axis to be added to the list of the possible future enhancements to NinjaTrader.

Another thing, is that NinjaTrader 7 will include many drawing tool enhancements. Please see the following link.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/NT7/NinjaTrader7.html

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

symphys,

Code-wise you could create an indicator and use DrawTextFixed() and fix it to the right corners of the screen.

[stalt]

Hey Symphys, did you ever get an indicator built to accomplish this? I have been trying but no luck. I would like to build an indicator that would display "Only Long" or "Only SHort" in the top right hand corner based on a true or false selection I make.

I have limited programming abilities..

If there is an example of an indicator that included this that I can edit I would be interetsed to be pointed in that direction.

[NinjaTrader_RyanO]

Hi Stalt,

Thank you for your post.

There is not really an indicator, but you can reference the following link for creating an indicator with those values.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/DrawTextFixed.html

[stalt]

I read that but as I said I have limited programming knowledge and have no idea where to place that in the code to make it wirk.

If I have a bool line I would like a true value to place an only long lable...if it is false I would like an only short label....but I can't figure out whre to put the

// Draws text in the upper right corner of panel 1
DrawTextFixed("tag1", "Text to draw", TextPosition.TopRight);

in the script to make it work.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello Stalt,

You can use the indicator wizard to create a public bool input. This is the true / false selection.

Use the wizard to add a public input called MyBool.

You can then use the snippet below to draw whether or not this is true or false.

 
if (MyBool)
DrawTextFixed("myTagTrue", "myTextTrue", TextPosition.TopRight);
 
 
else
DrawTextFixed("myTagFalse", "myTextFalse", TextPosition.TopRight);

[stalt]

Got it figured!


Thanks!

[stalt]

ok sorry for another dumb question....HOw can I change the font size and color. If I color.red behind the topright indication I get erroes.

I would like to increase the font and have it all caps as well as have the font green if true and red if false.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

stalt,

You have to use the other method signature for this.

http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/HelpGuideV6/DrawTextFixed.html

Example:

 
DrawTextFixed("MYTAGTRUE", "MYTEXTTRUE", TextPosition.TopRight, Color.Green, new Font("Arial", 12), Color.Green, Color.Transparent, 0);
 
DrawTextFixed("MYTAGFALSE", "MYTEXTFALSE", TextPosition.TopRight, Color.Red, new Font("Arial", 12), Color.Red, Color.Transparent, 0);

[Crassius]

Thanks a million Ryan for posting that syntax. Don't ever think a question is too simple to take the time.

Because it is posted here, I eventually found it, and although I am no programmer, if I have something that works like this, I can play around with it and eventually hack my way to what I want.

The example given in the Docs, and in the reference sample...which doesn't show DrawtText at all... are so simple they are useless.

By answering that one question, me and a hundred like me will dig deep, find your post and answer their own question.

Thanks again..... five minutes playing around with that example and now I can make that dog dance to my fiddle.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Thanks for the feedback, Crassius. I appreciate the kind words.

[nicoacademia]

Hi guys this is a good thread.

However I have zero c# and I inserted the code randomly in the code generated by the wizard.

It comes up with these two errors - ") expected" and "Class Member declaration" expected.

I pasted this DrawTextFixed("tag1", "Text to draw", TextPosition.TopRight);

just above where #region properties is. (using NT 6.5) I have no clue where to paste it. Or any extra coding I need to do. (full code will help; so that i can just paste it)

Furthermore, how does it allow me to enter what text I want fixed. Do I enter it within the code or when I add the indicator it allows me to enter it then?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hello nicoacademia,

Thank you for your post.

Most of the code snippets you'll see posted here belong in OnBarUpdate() method, in-between the two curly brackets { }

You can edit any existing indicator through tools > edit NinjaScript window to see how they're structured.

There is also a guide available for indicator development, which goes through the purpose of each method:

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/developing_indicators.htm