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Past versions of Wealth-Lab had a very nifty tool called Data Window. Its purpose was to display various values (price, volume, indicators) in a floating, adjustable window for any bar in an easy-to-read, non-cluttered manner.
Got overlapping or tightly clustered values? Or want to see values on the left side of the chart where they are frequently overlapped by indicator names? Data Window to the rescue!

Examples (using WL6.9):

1) Bond Yields and Spreads are tightly clustered... the Data Window shows the values clearly!



2) 1-year (260 day) Relative Performance of Dow 30 stocks... the Data Window sorts out the jumble!



3) Lots of indicators, some of them overlapping... instead of moving your eyes up and down constantly see them all easily in the compact Data Window!

Note:
- Indicator names blurred
- Indicator values are displayed below the price data in the same order that they are in the chart from top to bottom
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If this gets implemented some day - and I hope it is - I would suggest using 4-6 decimal places.
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#1
It doesn't have to be floating. Making it like the Trade Ticket (WL6.9) but vertical could be a better user experience.
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#2
In the screenshot is a suggestion if this feature is to be implemented. The items fall into various sections (self-explanatory). Some items and coloring are of interest to me, but perhaps not appropriate for the feature. Also, this screenshot shows a trade where the mouse was sitting over an entry bar (same would be shown for the corresponding exit bar). But then, I don't how multiple positions on the same bar would be handled (I don't use multiple positions).

I don't want to publish this code because its a quite a bit of code, and involves a few classes I wrote. There are some personal choices for the layout with respect to other windows. Also, some window sizing events and layout aren't handled so elegantly because the code has to deal with events and DependencyObjects from the "outside". (It's basically an extension that, after creation of the ChildWindow, has to discover the strategy window and from that the chart, etc.)

I find the data window concept extremely helpful for analysis and hope that it gets implemented in WL.

Edit: if you have the mouse over a bar of interest, and you hold down the control key then the data window will lock onto the values at the bar. This allows you to move your mouse away (while holding control) from the chart and over to your external editor to write code based on the bar's values. That would be a nice feature to include if this feature is implemented.

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Glitch8
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Do you think you'll consider getting this ready to release as a third party extension for WL8?
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Hi, Glitch:

I don't want to release it as a third-party extension because, in a nutshell, I don't want to put any more effort into it. It needs help and preferences, at the very least.

I published the screenshot to put forth some ideas on content and layout in case you guys go ahead with the feature request.
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#5
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Paul. Definitely some good ideas there.
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If this gets implemented - and I hope it is - the Font size may have to be kept small (?adjustable) so more info can be packed into the window w/o overflowing or causing the window to get too big.
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Glitch8
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This will get implemented in Build 89. And as usual we are going well above and beyond for WL8. We're introducing a whole new extendable API so you can create customized "Data Panel ScoreCards" that contain any calculated metrics or indicators you desire!

Check the Discord for a preview.
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Since there may potentially be a lot of information in the card/window hope users will be allowed to choose a font/size of their liking.
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Glitch8
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Hey Sammy I’m sure the implementation won’t make you completely happy, for example there currently is not any way to change font. But I feel it’s a great first effort!
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