Custom Brushes on ChartStyles

[frantic]

I've been making a custom chart style. I've followed the instructions at the following link to create custom brushes.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/en-us/?brushes.htm

It works for Indicators, but with a chart Style it doesn't seem to work. Are custom brushes confirmed to work with Chart Styles?

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello frantic,

Thanks for opening the thread.

ChartStyles use SharpDX rendering and will use SharpDX Brushes instead of Windows Media Brushes.

User defined brushes can be selected through the UpBrush, DownBrush, Stroke1, and Stroke2 properties. Custom brushes can be used as long as they are SharpDX brushes. The open source ChartStyles may give some further direction on the types of brushes used and how they are used.

Documentation reference for using ShapDX brushes can be found here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...shTypesSharpDX

And here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t2d1_brush.htm

Other ChartStyle items can be referenced here: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...hart_style.htm

If you have any specific questions, would you mind sharing an example of what you are working on so we can provide more direct answers?

We'll be happy to assist you further as needed.

[frantic]

Hey Jim,

Thanks for responding. I'm trying to make a chart style with custom bar colors. If I add a custom color in an indicator it appears in the dropdown list in the UI. But this doesn't seem to happen for a chartstyle.

I've attached a small example, with a couple of custom Brushes defined. These don't show up in the MyBrush dropdown.

[NinjaTrader_Jim]

Hello frantic,

Thanks for the example, I see what you are asking.

I'm checking if this behavior is expected and will write back with more details.

EDIT: Product Management is moving towards making this CustomBrush behavior consistent throughout the platform. This is being tracked with ticket ID NTEIGHT-12767.

This ticket ID can be found in the Release Notes page of the help guide once this change has been applied. We cannot present an ETA as changes to the codebase are fulfilled based on the development team's schedule and priorities.

Release Notes: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...ease_notes.htm

Thanks again for noticing and bringing it up!