Draw Text Feature

[johnMoss]

I have found a series of code library items as well as some forum items on this but honestly the library instruction and code sets are ambiguous & generalized. Drawing text is obviously quite simple but throwing in the usual suspects to get what I want is not working, i.e. I'm being an idiot ...

Objective:
Draw text in the top right corner of a certain color and font size.


Draw.TextFixed(this, @"MyObject",@"My Text", TextPosition.TopRight,);

To finish this, I'm not finding the correct syntax for both color and font size. What I'm after is to increase the font size from the default settings and display in Cyan Color.

Continuing with this for example threw an argument error:

Draw.TextFixed(this, @"MyObject",@"My Text", TextPosition.TopRight, Brushes.Cyan);

Goal:
My Text


Thanx
JM

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello johnMoss,

Thanks for your post.

To specify a font size for your drawing object you will need to use a SimpleFont and the Draw.TextFixed() overload that lets you specify a SimpleFont parameter.

Draw.TextFixed(NinjaScriptBase owner, string tag, string text, TextPosition textPosition, Brush textBrush, SimpleFont font, Brush outlineBrush, Brush areaBrush, int areaOpacity)

For example, the code might look something like this.

// create custom Courier New, make it big and bold
NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont myFont = new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Courier New", 12) { Size = 50, Bold = true };​

// draw text on chart using SimpleFont myFont
Draw.TextFixed(this, "MyObject", "My Text", TextPosition.TopRight, Brushes.Cyan, myFont, null, null, 100);

See the help guide documentation below for more information.

Draw.TextFixed: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._textfixed.htm
SimpleFont: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...font_class.htm

Please let me know if you have further questions on this topic.

[DTSSTS]

Draw.TextFixed(this, "ATR", "ATR: " + Math.Round(atr, RoundNumbersTo), TextPosition.TopRight, Brushes.White, new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Arial", 16), Brushes.Yellow, Brushes.Yellow, 0);
Draw.TextFixed(this, "Target", "Target: " + Math.Round(target, RoundNumbersTo), TextPosition.TopRight, Brushes.White, new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Arial", 16), Brushes.Green, Brushes.Green, 20);
Draw.TextFixed(this, "Stop", "Stop: " + Math.Round(stop, RoundNumbersTo), TextPosition.TopRight, Brushes.White, new NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.SimpleFont("Arial", 16), Brushes.Red, Brushes.Red, 40);


I am converting a Trading View Pine Script to display ATR Target and Stop in TopRight Position of chart. I do see the boxes in the upper right corner but they are coving each other.
Stop is on top of the others.

How do I place them across the top edge of the chart

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello DTSSTS,

Thanks for your notes.

There are no means available for drawing the text next to each other horizontally when using the Draw.TextFixed() method.

You could use escape characters (\n) with Draw.TextFixed() to create a new line in the text and two (or more) which would draw each line of text below the other.

See the example script, DrawTextFixedExample, on this forum thread which demonstrates this concept: https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/...403#post838403

If you want to draw text across the top of the chart horizontally, you would have to use SharpDX in OnRender() to custom render objects on the chart.

The SampleCustomRender script that comes default with NinjaTrader 8 could be viewed to gain an understanding of how to use SharpDX to custom render chart objects. To view this script, open a New > NinjaScript Editor window, open the Indicators folder, and double-click on the SampleCustomRender file.

See the help guide pages below for more information.

OnRender(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...htsub=OnRender
RenderTarget.DrawText(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...t_drawtext.htm
Using SharpDX for Custom Chart Rendering: https://ninjatrader.com/support/help..._rendering.htm

[DTSSTS]

See the example script, DrawTextFixedExample, on this forum thread which demonstrates this concept:

where would i find this

Thanks

[NinjaTrader_BrandonH]

Hello DTSSTS,

Thanks for your note.

Please see the link I shared on post # 4 to see the DrawTextFixedExample script. I have also added the link below.

https://forum.ninjatrader.com/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/109312-draw-textfixed-multiple-instances?p=838403#post838403

[DTSSTS]

thanks sorry when I read the post the last line of post was

See the example script, DrawTextFixedExample, on this forum thread which demonstrates this concept:

with nothing underneath

[johnMoss]

Yeah long since resolved on this one but thank you