Blue Box – custom dashboard in ea-coder.com Expert Advisors
Blue Box is one of the features that makes ea-coder.com EAs different from other software. Our customers are very excited about the Blue Box as most important settings and info are always displayed on the chart. In the picture below you can see example Blue Box. It is a special dashboard we add in every EA we create by default. We add special settings so you can control the Blue Box and its color and hide it if necessary.
DashboardDisplay – this setting controls how you want EA to display the dashboard (Blue Box). If this value is set to 0 (zero), EA will not display the dashboard. If you set this value to 1, EA will display the dashboard without background. If you set this value to 2, EA will display the dashboard with the background set by DashboardColor and our company logo at the bottom-right corner. To display dashboard on top of the chart you may need to un-check “Chart on foreground” box in the chart properties window (F8) “Common” tab.
Dashboard and logo position on screen were chosen wisely.
• Notice that the dashboard is aligned to the left but there are space left. This space is reserved for your trade ticket numbers. Notice when you open trade and MT4 platform display trade type (buy/sell) and ticket number at the left of the chart. This is why dashboard is moved a bit to the right to not cover that information.
• Vertical alignment of the dashboard is set to the top but there is some space left and that is where EA will display critical errors in red bold text. This is very helpful to not miss any critical errors.
• Company logo is displayed in the bottom-right corner. If you enable “Chart Shift” your chart will be moved away from the right border and logo will not cover your chart price. With “Chart Shift” enabled it is easier to read the chart and indicators. Also many other 3rd party indicators and EAs use that space to display various info in the top-right corner.
Dashboard and logo position on screen were chosen wisely.
• Notice that the dashboard is aligned to the left but there are space left. This space is reserved for your trade ticket numbers. Notice when you open trade and MT4 platform display trade type (buy/sell) and ticket number at the left of the chart. This is why dashboard is moved a bit to the right to not cover that information.
• Vertical alignment of the dashboard is set to the top but there is some space left and that is where EA will display critical errors in red bold text. This is very helpful to not miss any critical errors.
• Company logo is displayed in the bottom-right corner. If you enable “Chart Shift” your chart will be moved away from the right border and logo will not cover your chart price. With “Chart Shift” enabled it is easier to read the chart and indicators. Also many other 3rd party indicators and EAs use that space to display various info in the top-right corner.
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