Prevent selection of objects drawn by indicators

[douggreen]

How can I disable the selection of all objects? When I click on an object drawn by my indicator, it selects all objects on the chart. 6.5 didn't select any. Since I'm handling mouse clicks, I really don't want you to select any either. But at the very least, I'd expect this functionality to only select the one I clicked on, and not all of them. And as a developer, I'd like the ability to prevent the selection of any object period (because as the developer I know that I'm handling object selection).

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

In your script Initialize() method, please add this:


AllowRemovalOfDrawObjects = false;

Then recompile and try again.

[douggreen]

Wish it worked!

That's a nice solution ... but didn't work. This appears to be a new variable. Is it documented somewhere? And tested?

I put: AllowRemovalOfDrawObjects = false;

in my Initialize() for NT7 indicator, recompiled, created a new chart, added the indicator, and selected the objects just as before.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

That's a nice solution ... but didn't work. This appears to be a new variable. Is it documented somewhere? And tested?

I put: AllowRemovalOfDrawObjects = false;

in my Initialize() for NT7 indicator, recompiled, created a new chart, added the indicator, and selected the objects just as before.

It will be documented...its work in progress.

- I create a simlple indicator that drew a single line on the chart
- When I select this line, it did not highlight the plot line as per your image
- Can you create a simple indicator that can demonstrate behaviour and post it ?

[douggreen]

Test

It doesn't get any simpler than this...

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

It doesn't get any simpler than this...

Thanks. I guess I misunderstood your original point.

- This indicator just has a plot
- Your issue is then that you do NOT wish to have the plot display highlight boxes when the plot is selected

Is this correct?

[douggreen]

I draw with all of the following, and I don't want any of these to be selectable. Currently, even with your solution, the only thing that is NOT selectable is the text from DrawTextFixed.

Test.Set(1093);
DrawLine("Test", CurrentBar, 1092, 0, 1092, Color.Black);
DrawText("Test.Text", "Test", 0, 1091, Color.Black);
DrawTextFixed("Test.Fixed", "Test Fixed", TextPosition.BottomRight);

Additionally, I don't want the bars themself to be selectable eutger because that interferes with my indicators handling of the mouse; my mouse handling is to check if the user clicks on a highlight I've drawn around several bars.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

I draw with all of the following, and I don't want any of these to be selectable. Currently, even with your solution, the only thing that is NOT selectable is the text from DrawTextFixed.

Test.Set(1093);
DrawLine("Test", CurrentBar, 1092, 0, 1092, Color.Black);
DrawText("Test.Text", "Test", 0, 1091, Color.Black);
DrawTextFixed("Test.Fixed", "Test Fixed", TextPosition.BottomRight);

Additionally, I don't want the bars themself to be selectable eutger because that interferes with my indicators handling of the mouse; my mouse handling is to check if the user clicks on a highlight I've drawn around several bars.

Thanks for clarifying, now I understand. Unfortunately, there is no way to disable chart object selection at any level.

[douggreen]

This is REALLY gonna screw up our product. Since the chart selection is a new feature, could you Pretty-Please give me an option to disable it. Thanks!

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

This is REALLY gonna screw up our product. Since the chart selection is a new feature, could you Pretty-Please give me an option to disable it. Thanks!

Send a mail to our support email address, reference this post and make it attention to me. Would want to understand your requirements before I can comment on what may be possible.