disable closing button on chart tabs

[db.mobile]

Hi,

is there a way to disable the close button (the cross mark) on chart tabs in NT8 ?

While selecting the tab, way too often I inadvertently click on the close button.

I would like to enable that button very rarely .. actually never since I don't need to delete my chart selection
Alternatively to close the chart somewhere else but not in the expected area for selecting the tab .
Thank you

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello db.mobile,

Thanks for your post and welcome to the forums!

Please note that we have a specific forum for NinjaTrader8 beta questions and would ask that any future questions be posted there.

To answer your question, go to Tools>Options>General and at the top of "Preferences" Check "Confirm on window or Tab close". This will pop-up a message confirming that you want to close the tab or window when you click on the close of a window or tab.

[db.mobile]

thank you for the quick response.
That is great .. adding a confirmation window answers to half of the question.
Is there any way to actually disable the close button on tab selection window ?
I will post the future questions in the beta forum.
I appreciate your time

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello db.mobile,

Thanks for your reply.

No there isn't. Without the close button, the only way to close a tab would be to close the window which could put you in the situation of closing multiple tabs without a choice.

[cre8able]

I have the same problem and would prefer not to have the confirm pop up window. Since you can right click on a tab and close tab, there is no need for an "x" to close the tab. People probably don't need to be able to close the tab with 1 click. However, an accidental close can be a problem during trading.

the best solution would be to allow people to disable. Or just remove and use the right click option which is extremely common everywhere else

[Bidder]

Find Blueprint.xaml for your selected skin (.\NinjaTrader 8\templates\Skins\Slate Gray) and change the first 3 lines as marked below

    <!-- Tab Control -->
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlCloseButtonContentSize">0</system:Double> <!-- <Modified> Remove close x.  Original value = 8  -->
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlCloseButtonSize">0</system:Double>        <!-- <Modified> Remove close x.  Original value = 12 -->
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlCloseButtonPadding">0</system:Double>     <!-- <Modified> Remove close x.  Original value = 2  -->
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlItemFontSizeSelected">14</system:Double>
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlItemFontSizeUnselected">13</system:Double>
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlItemMarginBase">6</system:Double>
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlItemMinWidth">30</system:Double>          <!-- <Modified> Min tab size.  Original value = 60 -->
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlSelectedItemHeightIncrease">3</system:Double>
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlConnectionStatusSize">20</system:Double>
    <system:Double    x:Key="TabControlConnectionStatusMargin">10</system:Double>​

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/platform-technical-support-aa/1108352-x-close-tab?p=1320424#post1320424