button position in main menu

[nandhumca]

Hi , I am using below code to add buttons in main menu for my custom action. I am also using other tool bars which is showing buttons/icons in main menu. I observed that, my button/icon is not showed in same place consistently. Sometime, it is showing my buttons/icons first and other buttons afterwards in main menu. Some other time, it is showing my button/icons in the last. How to make sure that my buttons/icons are will be showing in same order all the time in main menu ?

chartWindow.MainMenu.Add(myButton)

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello nandhumca,

Items will be in the order they are added. Use prints and check the code to see what order the .Add() method is being called.

To add a menu item to the New menu (I assume you mean the Control Center New menu when you say mainmenu), use the code from the help guide on OnWindowCreated().

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

 // Will be called as a new NTWindow is created. It will be called in the thread of that window
protected override void OnWindowCreated(Window window)
{
// We want to place our add on in the Control Center's menus
ControlCenter cc = window as ControlCenter;
if (cc == null)
return;

/* Determine we want to place our add on in the Control Center's "New" menu
Other menus can be accessed via the control's Automation ID. For example: toolsMenuItem,
workspacesMenuItem, connectionsMenuItem, helpMenuItem. */
existingMenuItem = cc.FindFirst("ControlCenterMenuItemNew") as NTMenuItem;
if (existingMenuItem == null)
return;

// 'Header' sets the name of our add on seen in the menu structure
myMenuItem = new NTMenuItem { Header = "My Menu Item",
Style = Application.Current.TryFindResource("MainMenuItem" ) as Style };

// Place our add on into the "New" menu
existingMenuItem.Items.Add(myMenuItem);

// Subscribe to the event for when the user presses our add on's menu item
myMenuItem.Click += OnMenuItemClick;
}

[nandhumca]

I am asking about the chart windows menu / tool on the top. I have attached the screenshot and marked the place in blue.

I am using two different indicators and both are adding buttons in the chart window. On refresh (F5) , the order of group of icons added from these two indicator is keep changing. Since one of the indicator in mine, I am looking for option to add my group of icons at first or last always.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello nandhumca,

It is possible to add custom menus to a chart toolbar by modifying the WPF in an indicator or strategy.

Below is a link to an example.
https://ninjatrader.com/support/foru...07#post1124507

The order of WPF objects are in the order they are added.
However, you can use .Insert() with collection objects to insert items at a specific index.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.objectmodel.collection-1.insert?view=net-5.0

[nandhumca]

My question is more about how you have added the "ntBarMenu" in ChartWindow.MainMenu. In attached picture, I have highlighted the group of buttons/menu added by three different indicators including yours. Blue one is yours, Red one is mine and the black one is third party. When I refresh the chart (F5), the order of these three group is not consistent. I think based on the order of indicators refreshed, these group order is getting decided. I want my group of my buttons always on either first or last.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello nandhumca,

The indicators may load in a different order.

Use .Insert() to insert items at a specific index either first or last in State.Realtime.

If you are asking how to control the order the indicators load and trigger state events, this will not be possible.