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== Status Bar ==
The status bar (bottom panel) displays the following information (from left to right):
||= Box =||= Displays =||= Notes =||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/lat.png)]]||the geographic latitude of the mousepointer||Left click opens the [Action/JumpToPosition jump to position dialog]||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/lon.png)]]||the geographic longitude of the mousepointer||Left click opens the [Action/JumpToPosition jump to position dialog]||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/heading.png)]]||the (compass) heading of the line segment being drawn|| ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/angle.png)]]||the angle between the previous and the current way segment. The background color of this box changes to green if [wiki:Help/Action/Draw#Anglesnapping angle snapping] is active.||When in [wiki:Help/Action/Draw#Anglesnapping angle snapping mode], you can active additional menu by *right clicking* this place.||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/dist.png)]]||in edit mode: the length of new way segment being drawn; in select mode: the length of selected way(s) or the distance of two selected nodes||changes the system of measurement (Metric → Chinese → Imperial → Nautical Mile). With a right click you can directly choose one measurement system||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/name.png)]]||the name, number of nodes and ID of the object at the mouse pointer || ||
|| (an empty space) or text ||some helpful information about the current [EditToolbar working mode]||With a right click you can copy the shown help text ||

With a right click on the status bar you can choose if the statusbar gets hidden when hiding the dialogs panel ({{{Tab}}}).

Screenshot:

[[Image(statusbar.png)]]

Additional angle snapping settings available via right click menu at "angle":

[[Image(statusbar-anglespapping-right-click-menu.png)]]

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