Using DrawText for arrows and numbers

[sandman]

Hello

I would like to draw up and down arrows, and have a number above or below that arrow. Here is what I have done followed by my question.

To do that I am using the following:

Rising
DrawText("arr6", false, "á", 0, Lows[6][0], 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Wingdings", 7, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab6", false, "30", 0, Lows[6][0]-3*TickSize, 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Arial", 7, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
Falling

DrawText("arr6", false, "â", 0, Highs[6][0], 0, Color.Red, new Font ("Wingdings", 7, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab6", false, "30", 0, Highs[6][0]+3*TickSize, 0, Color.Red, new Font ("Arial", 7, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);

The problem is with the +-3*TickSize. Sometimes it fits but when the scaling changes, the distance needs to be increased or decreased, or arrow and number are laid over each other.

Next I tried using the font size e.g.

Rising
DrawText("arr6", false, "á", 0, Lows[6][0], 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Wingdings", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab6", false, "30", 0, Lows[6][0]-fsize*TickSize, 0, Color.Blue, new Font ("Arial", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);

Falling
DrawText("arr6", false, "â", 0, Highs[6][0], 0, Color.Red, new Font ("Wingdings", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab6", false, "30", 0, Highs[6][0]+fsize*TickSize, 0, Color.Red, new Font ("Arial", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);

That gives me better results but it's not optimum yet.

The 'DrawTextFixed' method with its TopRight and TopBottom uses the "n's" to move up and down. I am wondering whether there's something similar to use in 'DrawText' that I am not aware of yet.

Any advice to keep arrow and number always close together and not overlapping is appreciated.

sandman

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello sandman,

Thanks for your post.

The only thing I could suggest (in addition to what you have tried) would be to use the Ypixeloffset that is available in the Draw.Text() method. Currently, you have it set to 0. You can try variations to find if something works for you.

[sandman]

Thank you PaulH. I think I got the idea and will try it out using a positive Ypixeloffset for the arrows and a negative one for the numbers defined by half the value of the font size.
Will let you know the result.

sandman

[sandman]

Perfect. Does exactly what I tried to achieve.

To complete it, here is the code that did it, i.e. draw an arrow with the text snuggly above or below the arrow no matter the scaling:

Rising
DrawText("arr0", false, "á", 0, Lows[0][0], +fsize/2, Color.Blue, new Font ("Wingdings", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab0", false, "15", 0, Lows[0][0], -fsize/2, Color.Blue, new Font ("Arial", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);

Falling
DrawText("arr0", false, "â", 0, Highs[0][0], -fsize/2, Color.Red, new Font ("Wingdings", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);
DrawText("lab0", false, "15", 0, Highs[0][0], +fsize/2, Color.Red, new Font ("Arial", fsize, FontStyle.Bold),StringAlignment.Center, Color.Empty, Color.Empty, 0);

Thanks PaulH!

sandman