Moving drawing objects

[mafiaofcodes]

Hi. I have a problem with moving objects which I draw. For example, I draw Rectangle and I want to move it on another part of chart. To do it, I have to tap the left key mouse exactly on the border of that Rectangle. If I miss it or press left key mouse button 1+mm near the border, I will not be able to move this drawing. How can I do an active all inside area of Rectangle to make it movable?
From attached pic you see that red line-area is ok and when I press mouse button there, I can move, if I press anywhere else inside this area, it is not possible to move. How can I do all active area? I have few drawings and always need to move them and it is almost unreal to press exact on the border every time during trading when every second chart is changing.
Also, I would like to know how to draw with different color by hotkey like CTRL+F12 blue and ALT+F12 will be red. Is it possible?
Can you help me with that? Many thx and have a nice day

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello mafiaofcodes,

Thank you very much for your post,

Drawing objects can only be grabbed along the 'lines'. This includes objects that can be filled, such as the rectangle.

While this was designed with the intention of not blocking the data underneath (as you would e.g. not be able to click on the chart underneath if the rectangle's filled area was clickable), I understand how this can cause issues, especially when the line to-be-clicked is only one pixel wide.

I've reached out to our Development Team with a few ideas on how this could be improved and will follow up with you as soon as I hear back.

Regarding your hotkey-related question; At the current time, it would not be possible to link specific objects, colors, or templates to specific hotkeys. While you could set a default template (or additional templates for each color), they would have to be manually loaded after a drawing object has been created.

Please don't hesitate to let me know, should you have any further questions in the meantime!

[mafiaofcodes]

Thx a lot for your answer. About hotkeys - ok. Will do as you typed but about moving - I'm waiting. Maybe it is possible to set up smth in settings to be able to move with CTRL or another key on keyboard. It will be ok too cos it is really difficult and uncomfortable to hit every time on that 1pixel line.
I've seen an indicator called Multi Time Frame Zone Drawing
at youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9g_tXf9zdw
but it works just at 15mins, 30 mins...
I need for 10 secs

[NinjaTrader_Spencer]

Hello mafiaofcodes,

Thank you for your post.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to assist with custom 3rd party add-ons and we recommend reaching out to the developer directly for more information on their piece of software.

[mafiaofcodes]

Can you make this drawings movable with whole area? For example: with key shift or ctrl or alt? If yes, type me how.
I do not want to use 3rd party add-ons.
Or maybe, you can make your own add-on and I will just add to nt8?
Thx

[NinjaTrader_Spencer]

Hello mafiaofcodes,

Thank you for your post.

This would not be possible with the native features of the platform. As mentioned previously, my colleague Manfred has brought this up with our Development Team to investigate a possible change in behavior and he will follow up with more information as soon as possible.,

Note that you do not need to click directly on the line but just need to be near the line in order to select the Drawing object.

We do not create custom add-ons for clients but it would be possible to hire a developer to create something for you to fit your needs.

[mafiaofcodes]

Many thx for support. I will wait.
Have a nice day

[NinjaTrader_Manfred]

Hello mafiaofcodes,

Thank you very much for your patience,

We're keeping track of this feature request under the internal ID SFT-2386.

Once the feature has been implemented, you may find it in our Release Notes below:

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

Please don't hesitate to let me know, should you have any further suggestions!