Efficency of Drawing tools adjustment needs improvement

[James108]

Change properties of Drawings Tools

Specifically, I will detail the Fib tool but the other drawing tools have similar issues

Steps to change selection of fib lines

NT7

Double click fib tool
One click per line for on or off selection
One click to Apply
To change four lines for example would take
2 +4 +1 = 7 clicks

NT8

Double click Fib tool
Three clicks for first line on or off selection
Two clicks for each addition line
Two clicks to Apply
To change four lines for example would take
2 +3+6+2 = 13 clicks (Roughly twice the time needed)

Steps to change a Template for the fib tool

NT7

Three clicks

NT8

Six Clicks

Plus, the selection of the template is in separate dialog box which seems to open in random places including on different monitor.

More than twice the time needed given twice as many clicks plus the time required to locate and the make selection in separate dialog box)

Steps to change color of fib lines

NT7

Double click the fib tool
Two clicks per line
One click to Apply
To change four lines for example would take
2 +4 +1 = 7 clicks

NT8

Double click Fib tool
Five clicks for first line color change
Three clicks for each addition line
Two clicks to Apply
To change four lines for example would take
2 +5 +9+2 = 18 clicks (More than twice the time needed)

I work with changing drawing tools constantly, for me this is a major issue with the UI of NT8.

[NinjaTrader_DaveI]

Thank you for sharing your feedback on this, and for breaking it down in that way. I've added a vote to an existing feature request we are tracking to bring back the NT7 process for changing property values (which would involve changing the types of controls used in the properties windows), and I've added a link to your notes here for clarity. The suggestion is tracked with ID # SFT-1237.