horizontal ray line

March 21st, 2014, 09:03 AM

when I press F3, it draws Ray line, but I have to move the cursor up and down to make it horizontal, it is very frustrated, anybody know a method to draw horizontal ray line? that means when we draw ray line, it is horizontal automatically and not need to move cursor up and down to make it balance. thanks

March 21st, 2014, 09:40 AM

using NT, a horizontal line can be created pressing F6 and then clicking the mouse at the desired location. A vertical line is done with F7.

March 21st, 2014, 10:05 AM

tulanch

using NT, a horizontal line can be created pressing F6 and then clicking the mouse at the desired location. A vertical line is done with F7.

He just wants a RAY.

March 21st, 2014, 10:18 AM

right, I just want Ray, with automatic horizontal feature

March 21st, 2014, 10:32 AM

supermht

right, I just want Ray, with automatic horizontal feature

I went through a bunch of key combinations thinking they would have put the ability to go in 15 degree increments but no such luck, sorry.

March 21st, 2014, 11:09 AM

supermht

right, I just want Ray, with automatic horizontal feature

I don't think anyone has coded that yet.
However you can create a ray and then right click on the line and choose PROPERTIES
A window will popup and you can click on the DATA tab at the top.
Make the Start Y and End Y the same number and it will be horizontal.

I know it is a pain but works.

FWIW

March 21st, 2014, 11:37 AM

found it

use F8, only 0 fib ( uncheck all other rations), then on the chart, double click a spot, and you get ray line, beautiful

March 21st, 2014, 01:09 PM

supermht

found it

use F8, only 0 fib ( uncheck all other rations), then on the chart, double click a spot, and you get ray line, beautiful

Talk about killing a fly with a sledgehammer,

F6, click at a spot, F3, click a the spot and line up with F6 line, click on F6 line, hit delete.

April 2nd, 2014, 05:22 PM

I had to custom code an indicator to make a line horizontal.

The magic is to attach to the PreviewKeyDownEventHandler from the ChartControl. I then assigned the comma (',') key to do the following when I have a ChartLine selected:

Code

            var cl = o as NinjaTrader.Gui.Chart.ILine;
	     if(cl == null)
                return;	            

            //...

            //
            // Make line Horizontal
            //
            else if( e.KeyCode == Keys.Oemcomma)
            {
	            cl.EndY = cl.StartY;
            }

I also assigned the Ctrl-Shift-Comma to convert a ChartLine to a ChartRay and vice versa.

I have other keys and key combinations assigned to do other common functions I need.

I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable releasing the indicator because I'm using C# Reflection to get at some methods NT has not exposed. The methods are VERY, VERY volatile, meaning NT could, and will, change them without notice breaking the indicator.

Samurai

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