Settings Dialog discussion

[PaulSquires]

I have now shifted focus to finishing the Settings popup dialog. This should be relatively easy compared to other aspects of the program. Here is a screenshot of the first rough implementation. I need to add "checkbox" functionality to the CustomLabels so for now you are just seeing the text of the labels.

Any suggestions are welcome!

Also, I am not 100% sure that I like the colour of the the "Setup Icon" in the TabPanel. It is currently gray/white and matches other colours in the program but every time I look at it, it doesn't seem right. Maybe because it is the same colour as the inactive tabs that are to the right of that icon.

[PaulSquires]

This version probably looks better and is grouped more appropriately. I am still working on the the actual checkmark box icons.

[PaulSquires]

Checkboxes are now working. Toggle checked/unchecked. TAB and arrow keyboard movement is working. However, values are not saved/restored from the config file yet (should have that completed soon).

[Flippo24]

Looks pretty good already. Would the point with the dividends then be under Average Cost Basis?
Remove dividends from the calculation.

I would make the symbol in the same colors as the inactive tabs. If it is too unnoticeable, then perhaps fill it. If the options window is open, then color the symbol white. Then the handling would be exactly the same as with the tabs.

[PaulSquires]

Looks pretty good already. Would the point with the dividends then be under Average Cost Basis? Remove dividends from the calculation.

Once I understand 100% how the dividends will affect the calculations (based on your post) then I can easily add new options to the Settings dialog as needed.

I would make the symbol in the same colors as the inactive tabs. If it is too unnoticeable, then perhaps fill it. If the options window is open, then color the symbol white. Then the handling would be exactly the same as with the tabs.

Very good idea. I will color the icon white on mouseover and also when it is selected.

[PaulSquires]

Very good idea. I will color the icon white on mouseover and also when it is selected.

This is completed and uploaded to the repository.

[Flippo24]

Can you please add a group of values to the settings. So that everyone can set what they need?

What should be excluded from the calculation of the share price?

• Dividends
• Other income/expenses
• Option premiums

[PaulSquires]

I will implement an additional Setting option to give the user the choice of including or excluding amounts other than the buys and sells into the share price.

[Flippo24]

Thank you. I think this is the last missing step to my productive use.

I find the window with the license when opening annoying. Nobody wants to read it more than once, if at all. Maybe you can add a confirmation button at the bottom so that the reading is noted in the configuration. Then you don't need to display it again.

Then you should think about how you can make TradeTracker better known. I would think of Reddit. The Interactive Brokers group has 40k users.

[PaulSquires]

I thought that I coded the license message to only display when the tt-config.txt file is first created. You see it every time you start the program?

When the message is displayed it puts the following line into the tt-config.txt file:

DISPLAYLICENSE|false

Then you should think about how you can make TradeTracker better known.

I still have a bit of work to do with documentation. I had briefly started a website to house everything and to make the experience more like traditional Windows software rather than directing new users to Github. Here is the link. The content is obviously not finished yet. I have been just playing and learning about the best way to present the web page (the documentation site has nothing on it yet).
https://www.tradetracker.planetsquires.com/

[Flippo24]

Oh sorry. You're right, it's only displayed once.
Then it just seems that way to me because I kept trying out new versions of yours and the config was recreated each time.

The website looks pretty good. I think the design can stay like this.

[PaulSquires]

Can you please add a group of values to the settings. So that everyone can set what they need?

What should be excluded from the calculation of the share price?

* Dividends

* Other income/expenses

* Option premiums

This should now be in the latest code in the repository.