drawtext left alignment

• 07/26/2024 at 12:30 PM #235807
  pableitor

  Hi, it seems  that drawtext draws the text center aligned at the barindex position but I would like to draw text left-aligned at barindex (first character at barindex position)  . How can it be done?
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  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true //Drawtext CENTERED at barindex drawtext("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1 ) drawtext("asdfa sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2) drawtext("asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3) //How to drawtext left aligned at barindex ? RETURN 0, 4

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  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true //Drawtext CENTERED at barindex drawtext("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1  ) drawtext("asdfa  sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2) drawtext("asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3) //How to drawtext left aligned at barindex ? RETURN 0, 4

   

  

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  07/26/2024 at 2:17 PM #235809
  druby

  Unfortunately there is no basic test alignment commands.

  The way I get around this is to use the monospaced text style.

  Monospaced, is the only style which give the same width for each text character.

  Since all characters are the same width,  prefacing the required text with spaces,

  gives an element of control and allows you to move the text in relationship to the overall centred text block.

  A example of left aligning would be to pre fill the same number of space of the text before the text.

  The equal spacing of characters, moves the wanted text to start at approximately the middle of block, depending on odd/even number of characters.

  Using a combination of monospaced characters, and spaces before and/or after can give enough control to place and align text in most places.

  With other styles this doesn’t work as well, because different characters have different widths relative to the space character.

   

  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true //Drawtext Left alligned at barindex drawtext(" asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1,monospaced,standard,12 ) drawtext(" asdfa sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2,monospaced,standard,12) drawtext(" asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3,monospaced,standard,12) //How to drawtext left aligned at barindex ? RETURN 0, 4

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  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true //Drawtext Left alligned at barindex drawtext("                     asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1,monospaced,standard,12  ) drawtext("                asdfa  sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2,monospaced,standard,12) drawtext("         asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3,monospaced,standard,12) //How to drawtext left aligned at barindex ? RETURN 0, 4

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  07/26/2024 at 5:03 PM #235812
  robertogozzi

  You can take advantage of these new graphical instructions (actually they were added over 1 year ago, in V11):

  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)

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  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)

  so that your code could be written as (see attached pic):

  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true ////Drawtext CENTERED at barindex //drawtext("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1 ) //drawtext("asdfa sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2) //drawtext("asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3) //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- drawrectangle(-370,0,-235,-20) anchor(TopRight) coloured("YellowGreen") bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd", -305 ,-10) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") // drawrectangle(-370,-20,-235,-40) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Silver") bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asdfa sfd asdfaf", -323 ,-30) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") // drawrectangle(-370,-40,-235,-60) anchor(TopRight) coloured("PapayaWhip") bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asd fasfd", -341 ,-50) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RETURN 0, 4

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  defparam DRAWONLASTBARONLY = true ////Drawtext CENTERED at barindex //drawtext("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd",BarIndex, 1  ) //drawtext("asdfa  sfd asdfaf" ,BarIndex, 2) //drawtext("asd fasfd" ,BarIndex, 3) //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- drawrectangle(-370,0,-235,-20)                 anchor(TopRight) coloured("YellowGreen") bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asdadsfadfasdffasfasfd", -305 ,-10) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") // drawrectangle(-370,-20,-235,-40)               anchor(TopRight) coloured("Silver")      bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asdfa  sfd asdfaf",      -323 ,-30) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") // drawrectangle(-370,-40,-235,-60)               anchor(TopRight) coloured("PapayaWhip")  bordercolor("Black") drawtext ("asd fasfd",              -341 ,-50) anchor(TopRight) coloured("Black") //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RETURN 0, 4

   

   

   

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