Is it possible to shift text created with Draw.TextFixed from edge of screen?

[forrestang]

This may not be possible using Draw.TextFixed, but is it possible to shift an object created there n-spaces from the edge of the screen?

I have one I have created via: "Draw.TextFixed(this,"myTextFixed", myTextString, TextPosition.TopRight, TextColorUp, myTextFont, Brushes.Transparent, Brushes.Transparent, 100);"

Where the text string is stored in "myTextString"

This places it in the top right corner, but if I wanted to shift it to the left a bit, is this possible?

I have tried to add white spaces by concatenating a blank string to "MyTextString" by doing this:
var displayText = Draw.TextFixed(this,"myTextFixed", (myTextString+" "), TextPosition.TopRight, TextColorDn, myTextFont, Brushes.Transparent, Brushes.Transparent, 100);

This also does not work. I tried using the .PadRight(10) method, but this also does not work.

Is this possible?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello forrestang,

Thanks for your post.

You can try adding escape characters such as \t (tab) to the end of the line.

I've done that in this example to provide a label and then a price after the label.

Draw.TextFixed() was not intended to be used this way and for more precise control I would suggest using OnRender() directly but that is a lot of work if you only need a little display.



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You can do an internet search for additional c# escape characters.

[forrestang]

Hello forrestang,

Thanks for your post.

You can try adding escape characters such as \t (tab) to the end of the line.

Thank you paul, this works perfectly for what I need. I wound up escaping with "\b".

I REALLY need to learn how to use the SharpDK stuff!!!

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello forrestang,

Thanks for your reply.

Glad you were able to find something that worked in this case.

A somewhat easy entry into that other world would be looking at the indicator in your platform SampleCustomRender. It is well documented in the comments and you can make a copy and try adjusting things.