recording key pressd similar to Hotkeys

[hbolorin]

Hi all !

I would like to develope for an indicator a property that enables user to assign keys similar to the HOTKEY option in Ninja.
I have taken a look at the SampleIndicatorTypeCOnverter example as I see there are several examples of different properties actions. But I haven't found a way to do it.

I don't know if there is an option to accesss to the Hotkey element as we can with other design elements. If that's not the case, I don't know if you could provide infor of what clases or logic is behind that.

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi hbolorin, thanks for posting. The Ecosystem website has a couple of scripts made by the community that implements their own hotkeys that can be downloaded for study:

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/buymktsellmkthotkeysqs/

https://ninjatraderecosystem.com/user-app-share-download/profitsnipers-oco-multiorders-hotkeys-script/

Kind regards,
-ChrisL

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[hbolorin]

Hi, ChrisL

First of all, thenk you for the examples. But thas is not what I was asking for.
What I would like to do is to have a property in the indicator where I can record the key pressed, similar to the way the HotKey menu works. Something like this


i have seen that this can be done with other elements like the account selector, using the code with the TypeCOnverter and the "Ninjatrader.ninjascript.AccountNameConverter" type.

[TypeConverter(typeof(NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.AccountNameConverter))]
[Display(Name = "Account Name", Description = "Selects The Account (from Ones Available)", Order = 1, GroupName = "Account Selector")]
public string AccountName { get; set; }​

What I was trying to ask is if there is a way to reuse the "hot key record box" or if it is not the case, what classes or option I have to code that int he properties section of my indicator. Tha idea is that the user could chose what key he want to assign to severeal funstions in that indicator.

thanks

[NinjaTrader_ChrisL]

Hi hbolorin, thanks for the follow up. There is nothing documented officially on these controls, so I would take trial and error testing and searching of the code base to find anything else about this subject. The examples that I linked are the only existing attempts that I know of.

Kind regards,
-ChrisL