Move objects without selecting them

[fernandolangaro]

Hello! 

Could someone help me by saying how can I move objects without selecting them? I saw a video recently and found it very interesting, but it's been days and I still have not made any progress.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VyC1TahLRo  --->  how can you move the equal object it does at 1:08 in the video??

Could someone write an example for me in this "Box" file and send me back?

[nicholish en]

My advice, stop wasting your development time using the raw object functions and use the standard library instead. CChartObjects (and subclasses) handle all the tear-down and error checking for you logic for you. In order to move a box you simply need to change the datetime, price coordinates. 

#property strict

#include <ChartObjects\ChartObjectsShapes.mqh>
CChartObjectRectangle g_box;

int g_width, g_height;
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
int OnInit()
{
   g_box.Create(0, "Box", 0, 0, 0.0, 0, 0.0);
   g_width  = (int)ChartGetInteger(0, CHART_WIDTH_IN_PIXELS);
   g_height = (int)ChartGetInteger(0, CHART_HEIGHT_IN_PIXELS);
   EventSetMillisecondTimer(50);
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTimer()
{
   datetime time[2] = {0};
   double price[2]  = {0.};
   for(int i=0; i < 2; i++){
      int x = rand() % g_width;
      int y = rand() % g_height;
      int sub = 0;
      ChartXYToTimePrice(0, x, y, sub, time[i], price[i]);
   }
   g_box.Time(0, time[0]);
   g_box.Time(1, time[1]);
   g_box.Price(0, price[0]);
   g_box.Price(1, price[1]);
}
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
void OnTick(){}

[Kaleem Haider]

fernandolangaro:

Hello! 

Could someone help me by saying how can I move objects without selecting them? I saw a video recently and found it very interesting, but it's been days and I still have not made any progress.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VyC1TahLRo  --->  how can you move the equal object it does at 1:08 in the video??

it is not as easy as it sounds or appears.  I agree with @nicholi shen.  It is better to study library already written than to recreate the wheel.   

• First you have to capture the mouse movement and click (click vs. drag)
• Second you have to bind the mouse location to the location of the panel

I suggest reading wonderful series of articles written by @Anatoli Kazharski starting from chapter 1 https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/2125  You can also study the library written by MetaTrader4 under Indicator > SimplePanel > SimplePanel (link to the library resources are within the indicator).   You have to use OnChartEvent(....) function (like MetaTrader), or OnTimer(...) like @Anatoli Kazharski to capture the mouse move.

[fernandolangaro]

Kaleem Haider:

it is not as easy as it sounds or appears.  I agree with @nicholi shen.  It is better to study library already written than to recreate the wheel.   

• First you have to capture the mouse movement and click (click vs. drag)
• Second you have to bind the mouse location to the location of the panel

I suggest reading wonderful series of articles written by @Anatoli Kazharski starting from chapter 1 https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/2125  You can also study the library written by MetaTrader4 under Indicator > SimplePanel > SimplePanel (link to the library resources are within the indicator).   You have to use OnChartEvent(....) function (like MetaTrader), or OnTimer(...) like @Anatoli Kazharski to capture the mouse move.

Thank you guys!! You are right, I will study these links and try to get something already done for me.