Default Font & Color

[several]

In chart properties the user specifies a Font with various attributes and also a text color.

In my Indicator. If I have parameters for the font and the text color used by the indicator and I want by default for these parameters to share the same default as those in chart properties, how do I do this?

If the user sets their chart properties to have a black background with yellow text. It doesn't make sense for the default text color of my indicator to be black for example

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello several,

The ChartControl.Properties.LabelFont and ChartControl.Properties.ChartText will have the text font and color for that specific chart.
Unfortunately, these are not available until State.DataLoaded and are not available in State.SetDefaults.

You can get the default ChartText brush value used by the skin in State.SetDefaults, however this would not the brush the user has set for the specific chart in the chart properties window.
The ChartText AutomationID is 'ChartControl.ChartText'. The chart label comes from the 'FontControlFamily' AutomationID.

Below is a link to a forum post on using AutomationIDs.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/historical-beta-archive/version-8-beta/90509-is-it-possible-to-enter-a-position-using-an-indicator-and-not-a-strategy?p=752775#post752775

The SampleWPFModifications reference sample in the help guide also demonstrates using AutomationIDs from the skin file.

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/creating-chart-wpf-(ui)-modifi.htm