How to widen Bar Type selector/text box on chart?

[Sim22]

Hi there,

I did a search for this topic but to no avail. I also spent a little time perusing the jungle of XAML within the Skins folder as well. So, I tried......

I desire to widen the drop down BarType selector on top of the chart toolbar. Please see image attached. As you can see I have to compress the name of my bar types to silly abbreviated strings and since I am not inhibited by horizontal constraints I wouldn't mind widening the box as pictured.

Thank you.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Sim22,

This would be outside of what is supported by NinjaTrader.

But, I will confer with our development and do a little testing when we have resources available to see what I can find out for you.

Its a WPF element and you can use MSInspect to find out what it is.. the intellisense / class view in visual studio should give some tips on how to manipulate..should you want to find an answer before I do.

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hi Sim22,

NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.IntervalSelector selector = null;

foreach (System.Windows.DependencyObject item in (System.Windows.Window.GetWindow(ChartControl.Parent) as Chart).MainMenu)
{
	if (System.Windows.Automation.AutomationProperties.GetAutomationId(item) == "ChartWindowIntervalSelector")
	{
		selector = item as NinjaTrader.Gui.Tools.IntervalSelector;
	}
}


if (selector != null)
	selector.Width = 200;

[Sim22]

Thank you Chelsea for your reply. I always appreciate your efforts

So basically I add this to my State == State.Configure within all my custom bartypes?

[NinjaTrader_ChelseaB]

Hello Sim22,

This is something that you would want to do from an indicator.

Indicators would be used primarily to make UI modifications to a chart.

There is not a ChartControl object available to bar types.

You may be able to add this to a ChartStyle though.

http://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/showthread.php?p=512021#post512021

[Sim22]

Hmmm....little dodgy for my liking....though I thank you for your effort