Side menu on strategy / indicator

[kenconcannon]

How do you make a side menu? I know how to make buttons but can't find how to do this..

[NinjaTrader_Jesse]

Hello kenconcannon,

You would need to use a panel with buttons or a toolbar with menuitems to do that. The window framework used in NinjaTrader is WPF/xaml which means you can use any normal WPF controls and customize them in any way that WPF framework allows.

There are samples of making a Toolbar with MenuItems along with a custom side panel example in the following link:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/forum/forum/ninjatrader-8/indicator-development/96376-modifications-to-chart-wpf-elements-and-tab-considerations?postcount=1#post499327

For the image that has the button saying "dag" that would be easiest to accomplish using the UserControlCollection:

https://ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt8/usercontrolcollection.htm?zoom_highlightsub=usercontrol

Using that collection you could use that sample code and change the alignment to top left to place the items on the left. You could then add any WPF controls that you wanted to the chart by adding it to the grid.