rectangle height in pixel?

[greg814]

Hello,

I would like to draw a colored box with text into a chart that stretches from the first bar on which certain conditions apply to the last bar where this is the case. I would like for this box to have a FIXED height.

DrawText provides a fixed height, but doesn't allow me to define something like "endBarsAgo". It will only draw a colored textbox starting at "startBarsAgo" that ends when the text ends.

DrawRectangle allows me to specify "startBarsAgo" end "endBarsAgo", so I reckon I could just put a DrawText box on top of it. The only thing I couldn't figure out so far is how to assign a fixed height to the rectangle. Unlike the DrawText box it scales (even when I set autoscale = false, since I have to assign a certain "endY" value) which looks rather ugly on the chart and I would like for it to have the same fixed height as the text box.

How do I accomplish that? Is there maybe a different work-around that I'm not aware of?

Cheers, Greg

[greg814]

Thought I just mention that using the same "startBarsAgo" and "startY" values for DrawText and DrawRectangle when trying to put one on top of the other does NOT do what I would have expected. Neither do the two draw objects start at the same bar nor at the same y value but with certain offsets. Any ideas why that's the case?

[NinjaTrader_Tim]

Hi greg814,

Unfortunately, beyond the setting that the overloads offer, there is no supported way for accomplishing this.

There may however be some unsupported ways.
Some helpful resources...
1. NinjaScript Consultants - http://www.ninjatrader.com/webnew/pa...injaScript.htm
2. Unsupported section of our forum - http://www.ninjatrader-support2.com/...ad.php?t=22435
3. Using the intellisense, see what ChartControl offers you - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...l?Intellisense
4. Take a look at the PowerVolume indicators for more unsupported material - http://www.ninjatrader-support.com/H...lumeIndicators
5. And finally, at "Tools>Edit NS>Indicators>CustomPlotSample" can offer you some ideas.