RE: [amibroker] improving drawing tools

["MountainTopTrader" <mountaintoptrader@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are a number of improvements needed to the drawing tools. To name a few:

• There is no default button to set line drawing defaults (the "General" tab). I find that whenever I pickup a line drawing tool, I must configure the line type and color to my standard because it constantly returns to dotted lines which I don't use.
• There is no way to customize the thickness of line drawing tools. In other charting programs I am able to vary the thickness to indicate the importance of a line. With AB I am restricted to regular or thick and solid or dotted.
• "Use as default" on the Fibonacci retracement and expansion tools may or may not stick. I have had to make many attempts in some cases before new default Fibonacci values stick. Again there is no way to set defaults on the "General" tab.
• There is no way to set defaults on the regression channel for extension and color of the regression line (again the "General" tab). The extension is a particular PIA because it is sometimes necessary to have the extension in order to properly "aim" the channel.
• No way to set defaults on text tools and no way to vary the font size.
• Magnet mysteriously turns itself off from time to time.

A "default setting" should apply to every setting on every tab of the settings dialog for a tool.

 

It would be far simpler to set defaults for the drawing tools by right clicking on the tool on the toolbar to get a settings dialog (with default button) which would remain in force until changed. This would allow me to select the tool, right click for the settings I want, then draw.

 

While I am writing, it would be nice to be able to display custom time intervals (such as 2 minute) set in Preferences on the View toolbar. Absent that, the "i" (Intraday) button should bring up a selection list of the custom time intervals.

 

Earl

 

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From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tomasz Janeczko
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:52 PM
To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [amibroker] improving drawing tools

Hello,

 

Yes there is. As always, everything is in the manual:

 

User's Guide:

http://www.amibroker.com/guide/w_preferences.html

 

Tools->Preferences dialog:

 

Drawing

• Return to select mode after drawing - when checked current tool is deactivated after drawing and select mode is entered, when unchecked currently selected drawing tool remains active after drawing (allows to plot one study after another, note that the same effect can be achieved even if this box is checked - it is enough to hold down SHIFT key while drawing and the tool will remain active)

Best regards,
Tomasz Janeczko
amibroker.com

----- Original Message -----

From: "imresident2001" <imresident2001@yahoo.com>

To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxps.com>

Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:48 PM

Subject: [amibroker] improving drawing tools

> Is there any way to customize the drawing tools. Its so frustrating to
> draw trend lines becuz you have to click on the lines on all the
> different types of lines each time you have to draw trend lines or
> support and resistance lines. Lots of charting programs now a days have
> a pen or pencil and you can draw anything on the charts real easily. Is
> there any way to do this with amibroker?
>
> Heres a link to a video on youtube where this guy is using realtick.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDDBR0lUWyk
>
> I think it would be great if we can use something like that for charts
> in amibroker.
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