ChartTrader & Order Button size - width

March 8th, 2011, 04:21 AM

Hello,

I want to know if some one can modify the chart trader in ninjatrader?
I want to have only a buy - sel and close or flat button. The original chart trader is to big. I need the space for my charts.

Best regards,
Jo�o Soares

March 8th, 2011, 04:47 AM

hi Jo�o,

this is not possible in Ninja as far as i know.

what you can do to get more space is, to "hide" the charttrader (black arrow upper right corner)

and to activate Keyboard- Hot Keys in Ninja for Buy + Sell + Close.
go to : tools > Hot Key Manager > Order Entry ... and set the keys the way you like them.

maybe thats a solution for you.

March 8th, 2011, 06:21 AM

I don�t like hot keys so that is not an option for me.
That chart trader is to big.

March 8th, 2011, 08:08 AM

jsengxx

I don�t like hot keys so that is not an option for me.
That chart trader is to big.

Newer used a chart trader but I think that a normal static super dom is very useful although it wasn't so obvious at first hand.

March 8th, 2011, 08:10 AM

jsengxx

I don�t like hot keys so that is not an option for me.
That chart trader is to big.

Maybe try a different approach ... monitor with more pixels?

TJ

March 8th, 2011, 09:18 AM

one can easily resize the buttons etc. they are just buttons, and standard windows control isnt it.

Code

for (int i = 0;i <= ChartControl.Controls.Count - 1;i++)
            {
               if (ChartControl.Controls[i] == ChartControl.Controls["pnlChartTrader"])
                {
                    Panel p = (Panel)ChartControl.Controls["pnlChartTrader"];
                    
                    for (int j = 0;j <= p.Controls.Count - 1;j++)
                    {
                        if (p.Controls[j] == ChartControl.Controls["pnlChartTrader"].Controls["ctrChartTraderControl"])
                        {
                            Control ctrader = ChartControl.Controls["pnlChartTrader"].Controls["ctrChartTraderControl"];
                            
                            for (int k = 0;k <= ctrader.Controls.Count - 1;k++)
                            {
                                if (ctrader.Controls[k].Name == "btnBuyMarket")
                                {
                                    Button btnMkt = (Button)ctrader.Controls[k];
                                    btnMkt.Width = (int)(btnMkt.Width / 2);
                                }
                             }
                        }
                        
                    }
                }
                
            }

the above code resizes the Buy Market button to half

run the code once. so put it in OnStartUp()

March 8th, 2011, 10:39 AM

bukkan

one can easily resize the buttons etc. they are just buttons, and standard windows control isnt it.
run the code once. so put it in OnStartUp()

I'm getting several errors when putting this in an indicator.
Does it go elsewhere?

Maybe I'm just missing declaring some varibles or additional coding?

Thanks

March 8th, 2011, 12:21 PM

at the top (declaration region) make sure you add

Code

using System.Windows.Forms;

March 8th, 2011, 12:29 PM

bukkan

at the top (declaration region) make sure you add

Code

using System.Windows.Forms;

Great, that worked.
So using code like this all of the buttons can be made smaller.
Can the entire panel be reduced to match so that it takes less width similar to the buttons?
I imagine there is a way to list all of the controls to do this?

I've asked NT many times for a way to reduce the size of the DOM but each time they say it is not possible.
Perhaps this method would also allow that.

Thanks,

ChartTrader & Order Button size - width

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