Is accurate copy and paste of drawing objects possible?

[SmartArtsStudio]

Hello

Is there a way to copy and paste drawing objects accurately?
Cut(ctrl-C) and Paste((ctrl-V)) seems to force an offset to the drawing objects actual x/time or y/price values.

I am trying to accurately translate time and price regions from higher time frames to lower time frames using global drawing objects.

But may wish to alter a property ie fine tune time or price values or change color from the original global drawing object on selected lower time frame chart(s).
I assumed I could just duplicate the global drawing object on a given time frame and turn off the "display global objects" for the data series on that time frame chart.

However copy & paste doesn't actually duplicate. It just replicates dimensions offsetting with new time and price values... which isn't really a copy of the drawing object. Its an inaccurate replication.
Which I then have to spend just as much time entering correct values into the properties panel as it would take to manually redraw and manually re-enter accurate time/price position values.

Is there a time efficient way to accurately copy and paste drawing objects natively or do you know of any addons which do so?

Thanks

[SmartArtsStudio]

Alternatively is the Cut Paste code exposed in the public code base (or even private) somewhere (tools?) that I can just remove the offset for my installation?

[forrestang]

Try changing the 'snap mode' of your chart. Right-Click chart -> Drawing Tools -> Snap mode... try different settings and THEN try a copy/paste.

[SmartArtsStudio]

forrestang Appreciate the suggestion. On testing all 4 snapping modes including "Disabled" add the exact same offset. Tested on Lines and Rectangles.

I can see the intention of forcing the offset is potentially so that the user can clearly see they have actually replicated the object. But it also kind of defeats a large percentage of the use cases.
The color multiplying could suffice for advertising the duplication (for non-100% opacity) perhaps for 100% opacity the colors could divide to advertising the duplication.

[NinjaTrader_Jason]

Hello SmartArtsStudio,

Unfortunately this is not supported. When you copy a drawing object, it will have an offset as you describe.

I'm not aware of such an add-on nor is the copy/paste code exposed.

I suggest to check the publicly available NinjaTrader ecosystem website for any custom created add-ons from other users (User App Share) or look for 3rd party add-ons (Trading Indicators) to offer such functionality..

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/

If you can't find it, you could contact a NinjaScript programmer (Programmers) to create an add-on for you.

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