Status Bar

The status bar (bottom panel) displays the following information (from left to right):

Box	Displays	Notes
	the geographic latitude of the mousepointer	Left click opens the jump to position dialog
	the geographic longitude of the mousepointer	Left click opens the jump to position dialog
	the (compass) heading of the line segment being drawn
	the angle between the previous and the current way segment. The background color of this box changes to green if angle snapping is active.	See also context menu below.
	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
	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 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:

Angle snapping settings menu

Available via right click menu at "angle" when Draw mode is enabled:

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