DRAWTEXTFIXED in other than panel 1

[ct]

Is there a way I can draw in other than panel 1 using the equivalent of DRAWTEXTFIELD?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello Ct,

Thank you for your post.

You can draw in the Indicator Panel created when adding the Indicator to the chart or you can draw in the Price Panel.

You can dictate which of the two Panels the objects are drawn on with DrawOnPricePanel and Overlay.

• DrawOnPricePanel: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...pricepanel.htm
• Overlay: http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/h...t7/overlay.htm

Please let me know if I may be of further assistance.

[ct]

Patrick

Just as a test I tried

Overlay = false;
DrawOnPricePanel = false;
DrawTextFixed("tag1", "XXX" , TextPosition.TopRight);


The panel is blank, no plots are displayed and not even the test text "XXX" is shown. If I comment out the DrawTextFixed my plots are fine.

I already had specified:
Overlay = false;
DrawOnPricePanel = false;

Tried the following but got the same result.
DrawText("tag1", "XXX", 0, 100, Color.Black);

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello ct,

Thank you for your response.

This is working on my end, make sure you set Overlay and DrawOnPricePanel in the Initialize() method.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[ct]

Patrick

Here is my an exact code snippet:

protected override void Initialize()
{

Overlay = false;
DrawOnPricePanel = false;
// DrawTextFixed("tag1", "XXX" , TextPosition.TopRight);
DrawText("tag1", "XXX", 0, 0, Color.Black);

It just shows the indicator name on the far right of the panel with no parameters.

I am on version 13.

Wait................. Idiot on the receiving end. I was trying to draw in the initialize routine before I had a bar.

[ct]

Patrick

Works perfect when this moron waits for the bars to paint first.

The ninja help text on DrawTExtField says "Draws text in one of 5 available pre-defined fixed locations on panel 1 (price panel) of a chart." so I assumed it could only be used for panel 1 but in actuality will draw in the panel specified.

Many thanks.