modal form focus

[rhea22man]

Hi! What is modal form focus in hotkeys for order entry? thanks

[NinjaTrader_Tabor]

Hello rhea22man,

Thank you for writing in.

Hotkeys will work on any order entry window as long as you have that window selected. For example, if you wanted your hotkeys to function on a chart, that chart window with Chart Trader enabled must be selected first.

The hotkey will submit the order as programmed as often as it is pressed. If you hold down the hotkey, additional orders will be submitted according to your Windows keyboard settings on repeating inputs. Think of this just like what occurs if you were to hold down the space bar when typing into these forums. Initially, only one space will be entered, however, after a short time spaces will continue to be entered until you release the space bar.

Modal focus indicates any window that must be closed before other items can be used. For example, the chart's Data Series window has to be closed before you can click on anything else in NinjaTrader because it has modal control.

You'll also want to enable 'Use order entry hotkeys' in the Control Center > Tools > Options > Trading. If you keep getting hotkey errors when trying to place orders.

Please let me know if I could be of any further assistance.

[rhea22man]

Thanks for the reply. It is working now.