New drawing instructions: anchoring in pixels

Nicolas · Thu, 17 Mar 2022 14:31:50 +0000

Let’s discover together a new way to position the graphic objects on a price chart, with the coordinates in pixels! This is a much-awaited feature as it will allow to fix graphic objects (including texts) at precise places of the chart, without it moving according to the barindex or the price as it is currently the case. It will of course still be possible to choose whether the object uses BARINDEX/PRICE coordinates or only PIXELS/PIXELS or even a mix of the 2! Below is a list of the new instructions: So we have the possibility to set an anchor point like this : drawtext ("test", 50 ,30) anchor(bottomleft) The new keywords are : Xshift : defines an abscissa coordinate in pixel offset from the anchor point Yshift : defines an ordinate coordinate in vertical pixel offset from the anchor point Index : Defines an abscissa coordinate in barindex (classic way) Value : Set an ordinate coordinate in price/value (classic way) bottomright : bottom-right corner of the chart, the offset values will always be negative to shift left (X axis) and positive to shift up (Y axis). bottomleft : bottom-left corner of the graph the offset values will always be positive in order to shift to the right (X axis) and up (Y axis). topright : top-right corner of the graph the offset values will always be negative in order to shift to the left (X axis) and down (Y axis). topleft : top-left corner of the graph the offset values will always be positive in order to shift to the right (X axis) and negative in order to shift down (Y axis). right : middle-right point of the graph the shift values will always be negative to shift to the left (X axis) and can be positive or negative to shift up(+)/down(-) (Y axis) left : middle-left point of the graph the shift values will always be positive to shift to the right (X axis) and can be positive or negative to shift up(+)/down(-) (Y axis) top : middle-top point of the graph the shift values can be positive or negative for shift right(+)/left(-) (X axis) and will always be negative to shift down (Y axis) bottom : middle-low point of the graph the shift values can be positive or negative for shift to the right(+)/left(-) (X-Axis) and will always be positive in order to shift up (Y-Axis) middle: middle point of the graph the shift values can be positive or negative for shift to the right(+)/left(-) (X-Axis) and can be positive or negative for shift up(+)/down(-) (Y-Axis) I will post few examples in the below posts.

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03/17/2022 at 3:31 PM #190094
Nicolas
Let’s discover together a new way to position the graphic objects on a price chart, with the coordinates in pixels!
This is a much-awaited feature as it will allow to fix graphic objects (including texts) at precise places of the chart, without it moving according to the barindex or the price as it is currently the case.
It will of course still be possible to choose whether the object uses BARINDEX/PRICE coordinates or only PIXELS/PIXELS or even a mix of the 2!

Below is a list of the new instructions:

So we have the possibility to set an anchor point like this :

drawtext ("test", 50 ,30) anchor(bottomleft)

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drawtext ("test", 50 ,30) anchor(bottomleft)

The new keywords are :

Xshift : defines an abscissa coordinate in pixel offset from the anchor point

Yshift : defines an ordinate coordinate in vertical pixel offset from the anchor point

Index : Defines an abscissa coordinate in barindex (classic way)

Value : Set an ordinate coordinate in price/value (classic way)

bottomright : bottom-right corner of the chart, the offset values will always be negative to shift left (X axis) and positive to shift up (Y axis).

bottomleft : bottom-left corner of the graph
the offset values will always be positive in order to shift to the right (X axis) and up (Y axis).

topright : top-right corner of the graph
the offset values will always be negative in order to shift to the left (X axis) and down (Y axis).

topleft : top-left corner of the graph
the offset values will always be positive in order to shift to the right (X axis) and negative in order to shift down (Y axis).

right : middle-right point of the graph
the shift values will always be negative to shift to the left (X axis) and can be positive or negative to shift up(+)/down(-) (Y axis)

left : middle-left point of the graph
the shift values will always be positive to shift to the right (X axis) and can be positive or negative to shift up(+)/down(-) (Y axis)

top : middle-top point of the graph
the shift values can be positive or negative for shift right(+)/left(-) (X axis) and will always be negative to shift down (Y axis)

bottom : middle-low point of the graph
the shift values can be positive or negative for shift to the right(+)/left(-) (X-Axis) and will always be positive in order to shift up (Y-Axis)

middle: middle point of the graph
the shift values can be positive or negative for shift to the right(+)/left(-) (X-Axis) and can be positive or negative for shift up(+)/down(-) (Y-Axis)

I will post few examples in the below posts.

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03/17/2022 at 3:33 PM #190103

Nicolas

Some more examples:
Write the word “test” on the current barindex and at the value of the current close:

drawtext ("test", barindex ,close)

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drawtext ("test", barindex ,close)

Write the word “test” 50 pixels to the right and 30 pixels higher than the bottom-left corner of the graph.

drawtext ("test", 50 ,30) anchor(bottomleft)

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drawtext ("test", 50 ,30) anchor(bottomleft)

Write the word “test” on the current barindex 30 pixel higher than the bottom of the graphic.

drawtext ("test", barindex ,30) anchor(bottom,index,yshift)

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drawtext ("test", barindex ,30) anchor(bottom,index,yshift)

Write the word “test” in the middle of the chart at the height of the candlestick high.

drawtext ("test", 0 ,high) anchor(middle,xshift,value)

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drawtext ("test", 0 ,high) anchor(middle,xshift,value)

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03/21/2022 at 12:28 PM #190263

robert123

Hi Nicolas,

Is there a list of any other additions in this update, and any idea when this update will be available?

Many thanks,

Robert

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03/23/2022 at 10:43 AM #190352

Nicolas

These new instructions are available since yesterday for PRT soft account (https://www.prorealtime.com)

It is a matter of few weeks to get them on all other versions available (IB, IG, ..).

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03/24/2022 at 9:06 AM #190384

robert123

Thank you Nicolas

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03/24/2022 at 9:07 AM #190385

Nicolas

I’m preparing a tutorial on how to use the new keywords, but changes are massive and hard to explain in a simple and precise manner at the same time 😆

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05/24/2022 at 4:40 PM #193797

Nicolas

Since my last posts these new instructions are available for any user of ProRealTime, enjoy!

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05/25/2022 at 8:25 AM #193823

Quino

Hi Nicolas,

Is there a way to get a list (file as pdf, excel sheet…) to be downloaded of the current instructions, new ones since V10, under test but usable…) ?

If we miss this forum threads, we miss very powerful and interresting instruction such as BarsSince, Achor ….

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05/25/2022 at 9:01 AM #193825

Nicolas

All keywords (except those above) are available in our online documentation here: https://www.prorealcode.com/prorealtime-documentation/

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01/08/2024 at 7:08 PM #226110

Ringo

Hello,

is there a way to add fontsize and colour options to the term.

like this: SansSerif,Bold,10)coloured(255,5,5)

What would it look like?

Thanks for help

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01/08/2024 at 7:55 PM #226116

JS

Hi Ringo,

Do you mean this…?

Anchoring

DRAWTEXT("Test",50,30,SansSerif,Bold,22)Anchor(BottomLeft)COLOURED("Red") Return

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DRAWTEXT("Test",50,30,SansSerif,Bold,22)Anchor(BottomLeft)COLOURED("Red")
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01/08/2024 at 9:20 PM #226120

Ringo

Exactly, thanks a lot JS

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