Best way to draw region between plots in indicator?

[wjadevries]

I want to draw regions between sections of plots in my custom ADX/DMI indicator.
Currently I'm doing it with the Draw.Region method (https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...raw_region.htm), but this creates lots of drawing objects that are visible in the 'Drawing Objects' window.
Is there a better way, or at least a way to hide these regions from the Drawing Objects window?

My code is (snippet):

private Region lastregion = null;

....
in OnBarUpdate() :
....

if (adxTrend[0] && ((ADXPlot[0]<DiPlus[0] && ADXPlot[0]>DiMinus[0]) || (ADXPlot[0]>DiPlus[0] && ADXPlot[0]<DiMinus[0])) ) {
    if (lastregion==null)
        lastregion = Draw.Region(this, "adx" + CurrentBar, Time[1], Time[0], DiPlus, DiMinus, Brushes.Yellow, Brushes.Yellow, 100);
    else
        lastregion.EndAnchor.Time = Time[0];
    //re-using lastregion to reduce the amount of regions drawn
} else {
    lastregion = null;
}

See screenshot below.

[NinjaTrader_Kate]

Hello wjadevries,

Thank you for your post.

You'd need to look into custom rendering using SharpDX to render objects that wouldn't show in the Drawing Objects dialog box.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/using_sharpdx_for_custom_chart_rendering.htm

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/sharpdx_sdk_reference.htm

I would suggest looking at the Ichimoku Cloud indicator that's publicly available on our User App Share as well as the built in Sample Custom Render indicator for examples.

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/ichimoku-cloud-indicator-nt8/

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance to you.

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