I need to get the index of the bar when the mouse hovers over that bar.

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hi everybody

I need to get the index of the bar when the mouse hovers over that bar.

I am using MT4

Does anyone have help?

Thanks.

 

  1. Help you with what? You haven't stated a problem, you stated a want. Show us your attempt (using the CODE button) and state the nature of your difficulty.
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  2. Enable mouse tracking, in OnChartEvent when mouse move, take the coordinates and convert to price/time. What's the problem?

    See my GUI/Trade Assistant EA
              Indicators: Money Manager Graphic Tool - Risk Management - Articles, Library comments - MQL5 programming forum - Page 8 #80 (2022.02.16).

 
saada:

hi everybody

I need to get the index of the bar when the mouse hovers over that bar.

I am using MT4

Does anyone have help?

Thanks.

Try this example : 

#property strict

/* first you need to store the previous coordinates of the mouse 
*/
int previous_x=0,previous_y=0,previous_click=0;
int OnInit()
  {
  //reset on init
    previous_x=0;previous_y=0;previous_click=0;
  //enable the mouse track
    ChartSetInteger(ChartID(),CHART_EVENT_MOUSE_MOVE,true); 
   return(INIT_SUCCEEDED);
  }
void OnChartEvent(const int id,
                  const long &lparam,
                  const double &dparam,
                  const string &sparam)
  {
//---
  //when the mouse moves 
    if(id==CHARTEVENT_MOUSE_MOVE){
    //grab the x y and click 
      int x=(int)lparam,y=(int)dparam,click=(int)StringToInteger(sparam);
    //if the x or the y are different you are interested 
      if(x!=previous_x||y!=previous_y){
      //you need to get the time where the x axis of the mouse is pointing at 
        datetime time_result=0;
        double   price_result=0.0;
        int      subwindow_result=0;
        ChartXYToTimePrice(ChartID(),x,y,subwindow_result,time_result,price_result);
        //now you have the time at the location of the  x 
        //             the price at the location of the y
        //             and the subwindow #
        /*
        So , if the time returned is <= Time[0]
        */
        if(time_result<=Time[0]){
        //then look for the bar index 
          int barTarget=iBarShift(_Symbol,_Period,time_result,true);
          Comment("Bar["+IntegerToString(barTarget)+"]");
        }else{
        Comment("No Bar");
        }
      }
    //pass the x y and click to the previous for recalling later 
      previous_x=x;
      previous_y=y;
      previous_click=click;
    } 
  }  
void OnTick()
  {
  
  }
 
Lorentzos Roussos #:

Try this example : 

Thank you,  Lorentzos Roussos #:
Your answer helped me a lot
 
saada #:
Thank you,  Lorentzos Roussos #:
Your answer helped me a lot

anytime


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