Indicators visible

[derivtrader]

Hi,
When you uncheck an indicator visible box, is the indicator still calculating but not displaying on chart or is it as if wasnt loaded onto chart at all?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello derivtrader,

Thanks for your post.

No, the indicator will not process at all when the Visible check box is "Unchecked" in the User Interface.

[derivtrader]

You mean the Visible check box is unchecked?

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello derivtrader,

Correct, I'll correct my post, thanks.

[digibob]

This is not what I'm seeing. I uncheck 'Visible' for the indicator and the Print calls are still printing to the output window. The indicator *is* processing, just not shown. How to make that it won't process?
(without removing it from the list in the Indicators window)

Thank you

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello didbob,

Thanks for your post.

Here is what I see: https://Paul-ninjaTrader.tinytake.co...M18xNjAxMDA4OQ

Please see if you can replicate the same.

[digibob]

Hi Paul. Thank you for the video link.

My Print calls are not in OnBarUpdate but in OnStateChange->State.Configure. When the indicator loads it reads from several external files and spits out information to the output window. When not needed, I would like the indicator to stay in the list so its position in the list and placement on the chart are remembered. Otherwise I have to manually position it and drag to set its size every time I load it, which is inconvenient. At the same time, I do not want this information printed every time I open the Indicators window to change a parameter in another indicator (which is often). Thus, I would like the indicator to stay in the list but be disabled (not process meaning not load) until such time that I activate it.

How to accomplish that?

Thanks.

[digibob]

Well, so I simply added my own 'Enabled' property. It's not the same as if there was a built-in property that spared calling the indicator at all, and it means I have to check/uncheck both 'Visible' and 'Enabled' each time, and it means if I want the achieve the same with other indicators I have to add a custom Enabled property to each of them.

But it will do for now. It's too small a thing to make a feature request for.

Kind regards.

[timko]

I wonder why to use such a misleading word "Visable" to describe an Add-on's functionality.
Why not just simply put this on top of the config panel and rename it as Enable/Disable?!

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello digibob,

Thanks for your reply.

Glad you were able to find a solution.

Another alternative would be to check this.InVisible In OnStateChange(): https://ninjatrader.com/support/help...?isvisible.htm This is set by the visible check box.

[NinjaTrader_PaulH]

Hello timko,

Thanks for your post.

I can only advise that that is how it has been named through the different NinjaTrader8 versions.

[digibob]

Hi Paul. I was not aware of that property in code. So I don't have to add an Enabled property to each of my indicators, just the one-line check in OnStateChange. Thanks.