Mini Data Box

[GeorgeW]

Currently the Mini Data Box is only displayed for 1 bar when the middle mouse button is held down. Is there a way for me to incorporate it into an indicator so that I can display it for more than 1 bar in different locations, and leave it on the chart until I close it?

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello GeorgeW,

Thank you for your post.

This would not be something you could program. The Mini Data Box should stay visible as long as the Middle Mouse Button is held down. Are you seeing something different?

[GeorgeW]

No, I am not seeing something different. Just that I wanted to build some indicators and have the values visible in the Mini Data Box all the time at several bars that I select.

[GeorgeW]

Line Breaks for Drawtext

This is a slightly different question but related, so I will ask it here. Is there a way for me to include line breaks in DrawText? I have the following line in my code:

DrawText (TagdiffV + CurrentBar, diffV.ToString(), 0, Low[0] - 2 * TickSize, Color.Red);

I would like to add other varibles to the ToString part. It seems to work if I just add them as follows: diffV.ToString + AltV.ToString etc, but it places them in a line next to each other on the chart. I would like them to appear on separate lines in a similar manner to the Mini Data Box. Is there a way to code these line breaks in NT?

Thanks.

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello GeorgeW,

Thank you for your note.

You can use \n in the string. For example:

DrawText("mytag", "Hello\nThere", 0, High[0] + (4 * TickSize), Color.Black);

[GeorgeW]

Thanks for your response Partick_H. That works if I just want to see the words on the charts, but if the words are variables for calculations, I do not see the figures. If I remove the quotes it will not compile. Is there a way where "Hello" = 250 and "There" = 2 (after internal calculations) for me to see both figures on separate lines?

[NinjaTrader_PatrickH]

Hello GeorgeW,

You would have to use '+'.

For example:

DrawText("mytag", 250 + "\n" + 2, 0, High[0] + (4 * TickSize), Color.Black);

[koganam]

This is a slightly different question but related, so I will ask it here. Is there a way for me to include line breaks in DrawText? I have the following line in my code:

DrawText (TagdiffV + CurrentBar, diffV.ToString(), 0, Low[0] - 2 * TickSize, Color.Red);

I would like to add other varibles to the ToString part. It seems to work if I just add them as follows: diffV.ToString + AltV.ToString etc, but it places them in a line next to each other on the chart. I would like them to appear on separate lines in a similar manner to the Mini Data Box. Is there a way to code these line breaks in NT?

Thanks.

diffV.ToString() + "\n" + AltV.ToString()

Read up about "escape sequences".

[GeorgeW]

That works beautifully, Patrick_H and koganam. I'll start doing some reading on those escape sequences.

Thank you!