From 405291234028cc86b23401cee5673f3bf0da9e70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: moshferatu <moshferatu@moshferatu.dev>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:24:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add cell background color parameter to News indicator

---
 indicators/news/News.cs | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/indicators/news/News.cs b/indicators/news/News.cs
index 90f31e3..590a94e 100644
--- a/indicators/news/News.cs
+++ b/indicators/news/News.cs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
                 HorizontalPadding = 20;
                 VerticalPadding = 5;
                 YOffset = 0;
+                CellBackgroundColor = Brushes.Transparent;
             }
             else if (State == State.Configure)
             {
@@ -199,20 +200,21 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
                     var currencySize = MeasureString(newsEvent.Currency, eventTextFormat);
                     var titleSize = MeasureString(newsEvent.Title, eventTextFormat);
 
+                    // Draw cell backgrounds
                     RectangleF timeRect = new RectangleF(x, y, maxColWidth, rowHeight);
+                    RenderTarget.FillRectangle(timeRect, CellBackgroundColor.ToDxBrush(RenderTarget));
+
+                    RectangleF currencyRect = new RectangleF(x + maxColWidth, y, maxColWidth, rowHeight);
+                    RenderTarget.FillRectangle(currencyRect, CellBackgroundColor.ToDxBrush(RenderTarget));
+
+                    RectangleF titleRect = new RectangleF(x + (2 * maxColWidth), y, maxColWidth, rowHeight);
+                    RenderTarget.FillRectangle(titleRect, CellBackgroundColor.ToDxBrush(RenderTarget));
+
+                    // Draw text
                     DrawText(newsEvent.Time, x + (maxColWidth - timeSize.Width) / 2, y + (rowHeight - timeSize.Height) / 2, EventTextColor, eventTextFormat, rowHeight);
+                    DrawText(newsEvent.Currency, x + maxColWidth + (maxColWidth - currencySize.Width) / 2, y + (rowHeight - currencySize.Height) / 2, EventTextColor, eventTextFormat, rowHeight);
+                    DrawText(newsEvent.Title, x + (2 * maxColWidth) + (maxColWidth - titleSize.Width) / 2, y + (rowHeight - titleSize.Height) / 2, EventTextColor, eventTextFormat, rowHeight);
 
-                    x += maxColWidth;
-
-                    RectangleF currencyRect = new RectangleF(x, y, maxColWidth, rowHeight);
-                    DrawText(newsEvent.Currency, x + (maxColWidth - currencySize.Width) / 2, y + (rowHeight - currencySize.Height) / 2, EventTextColor, eventTextFormat, rowHeight);
-
-                    x += maxColWidth;
-
-                    RectangleF titleRect = new RectangleF(x, y, maxColWidth, rowHeight);
-                    DrawText(newsEvent.Title, x + (maxColWidth - titleSize.Width) / 2, y + (rowHeight - titleSize.Height) / 2, EventTextColor, eventTextFormat, rowHeight);
-
-                    x = ChartPanel.W - (maxColWidth * 3) - HorizontalPadding;
                     y += rowHeight;
                 }
             }
@@ -290,6 +292,17 @@ namespace NinjaTrader.NinjaScript.Indicators
 
         [Display(Name = "Event Font", GroupName = "News", Order = 8)]
         public SimpleFont EventFont { get; set; }
+
+        [XmlIgnore]
+        [Display(Name = "Cell Background", GroupName = "News", Order = 9)]
+        public Brush CellBackgroundColor { get; set; }
+
+        [Browsable(false)]
+        public string CellBackgroundColorSerialization
+        {
+            get { return Serialize.BrushToString(CellBackgroundColor); }
+            set { CellBackgroundColor = Serialize.StringToBrush(value); }
+        }
         #endregion
     }
 }