Request: "Show/Hide" Indicators and Drawn Objects

[saliva]

I would like to be able to show/hide indicators. I asked for this feature back in the NT6 days but, unfortunately, this has yet to be implemented in NT7.

Currently, only way to get rid of the indicators is to manually delete them. To show them, you must either manually add the indicators again or load a template with these indicators.

How about a simple right-click solution with "Hide Indicators" option that we can toggle on or off?

Can you also provide the same option for drawn objects like trendlines? Again, I don't necessarily want to delete these lines but merely want to hide them for a time being.

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_Brett]

Saliva,

Understood. I will forward this to the development team for possible inclusion in a future version of NinjaTrader. We appreciate you making the suggestion.

[saliva]

Any progress on this front? This feature/request is still not available in the most recent upgrade for NT.

[aviat72]

This one of the nicest features of TOS which I miss on NT.
This should be a very simple to implement but helps.

Often I want to focus on something and do not want other indicators present but do not want to delete and then add stuff back.

[NinjaTrader_Ray]

This is a feature on our list for future consideration, it will unfortunatley not make it into NT7 1st production release. As a workaround, you can change the color of the indicator plot(s) to Transparent. This will leave the indicator on the chart but will hide the display of its plots.

[cmrodrig]

Display / Hide Indicator turnaround

saliva and aviat72,

I've the same request.

Meanwhile, on indicators that plot on Price panel, there is a turnaround I've implemented, with this code:

1) Add this code on Variable section:
#region Variables
// Wizard generated variables
private bool display = true; // Control the display of the indicator


2) Add this code on first line of protected override void OnBarUpdate() section:
protected override void OnBarUpdate()
{
if (!display) return; // Control the display of the indicator


2a) If indicator as a public override void Plot section, add also the same line of code to Control the display of the indicator:
public override void Plot(Graphics graphics, etc... )
{
if (!display) return; // Control the display of the indicator


3) At last, add this code on Properties region:
[Description("Control the Display of the Indicator")]
[Category("Display")]
public bool Display
{
get { return display; }
set { display = value; }
}



After this, you can select to Display or not the Indicator.

Hope it helps,

Regards

[saliva]

Thanks for the reply. It's unfortunate that such a simple request cannot make the cut in the official release. I would think this should take no more than 30 minutes to implement.

@cmrodrig

Thanks for the heads up. But I find it faster to simply open an "empty" chart. Otherwise, just delete the damn indicator that I don't want to see and then reload the template again when done.

[aviat72]

This is a feature on our list for future consideration, it will unfortunatley not make it into NT7 1st production release. As a workaround, you can change the color of the indicator plot(s) to Transparent. This will leave the indicator on the chart but will hide the display of its plots.

Thanks Ray.

Often when doing detailed analysis you want stuff like wave counts, fib retracements on the same chart but want to view them separately when looking at details.

You have this notion of z-order now. The next enhancement could be the idea of z-planes, where you can put different orders in different z-planes and enable disable those. Sort of like how photoshop etc implement layers.

Again easy to implement but a lot of benefits.

[NinjaTrader_JoshP]

This is indeed on our feedback list. Thanks.