Unable to modify indicator properties... Anyone know why???

MT4 functions perfectly. The only problem I've run into so far is with "EAs" and "indicators". I can install them, modify and compile them just fine. Except when I want to attach an EA or indicator to a chart and the dialog box pops up for custom (variable/property) settings, I can't change any of them.

Example... When trying to attach an EA/Indicator and I click on "Inputs" tab, I can't change any of the settings. Lines, colors, alerts... nothing. Single-click, double-click, right-click, scream, yell, slam, kill the mouse... twice... nothing works. So I create a duplicate EA, rename it, change variables and compile. Now I have a list of the same EA with different names and each has a slightly different setting. There must be something I'm missing.

Even pre-installed MT4 custom indicators (MAs, bulls, bears, bands, etc...). I can't change any of the properties. I can just attach and use with setting provided.

Anyone here have that problem??? Thank you so much for any help... in advance.

Hi.
Not sure I can help, apart from letting you know that I shared your frustration up until about 6 months ago. I couldn't for the life of me work out how to change the properties in the custom indicators. I would read some thread or other, offering an indicator, and it would say that I could change the colours, lines, time-zones etc etc, to suit your own situation. Frustrated? I needn't tell you, need I?

I don't know why, but even though I'd tried all the things YOU'D tried, I still hammered away at them, and got the shock of my life one day when I actually managed to change one of the colours. At first, I couldn't figure out what I'd done, but then it dawned on me. I'd hovered the arrow over the colour, double-clicked, and hey-presto! There was the little black arrow that, when pressed, brought up the usual list of colours you get when you're in the properties section of MT4. After that, there was no stopping me, and I'm still clueless as to why it should have taken me (like you) so long to find the solution.

One thing though. Sometimes you will have an indicator that uses a heap of different colours, but when you click on colours in properties, all you get is one entry of "black", which is no help at all. The answer is to access the "OBJECTS LIST" rather than the "INDICATOR LIST", and you'll find the items you wish to change in there. Highlight said item and press EDIT and you're away!

If this is of any help to you, then it'll make my day!
Good luck.

I tried it on someone else's computer and EAs work fine. I'm using Linux. It's awesome. At least twice as fast as windows, looks and works the same but it's all FREE. I think that I finally ran into something having to do with running a Win app on Linux system.

Anyway... I found a work-around. When the "properties" window opens, there are "load" and "save" PRESETS options. You can EDIT the "preset" manually then LOAD it into the properties dialogue.

So... If anyone else had this problem... let me know and I'll post step-by-step.

Thanks for trying "eyevoltage"

....and I'm glad to see you "found a way"!

Best of luck
Cheers

I had the same issue with macOS... I thought I would leave a reply in case anyone had the same issue...

First you need to double click on the colour you are trying to change then you need to press F4 or try ALT F4 or CTRL F4,

this will bring up the colour palette which you can choose to change the colour.