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== Status Bar ==
[[Image(statusbar.png)]]

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||A left click opens the [Action/JumpToPosition Jump to Position Dialog]. With a right click you can change the coordinates format (Decimal Degrees, deg° min' sec", deg° min' (Nautical), Projected Coordinates).||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/statusline/lon.png)]]||The geographic longitude of the mousepointer||Same as above.||
||[[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.||See also context menu below.||
||[[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||A left click 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. || With a right click you can choose if the statusbar gets hidden when hiding the dialogs panel with {{{Tab}}}. ||
|| (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. ||

=== Angle snapping settings menu ===#anglemenu
Available via right click menu at "angle" when [Help/Action/Draw Draw mode] is enabled:

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

=== Advanced settings ===
With the following keys in the [wiki:Help/Preferences/Advanced Advanced Preferences] you can adjust the numbers in the statusbar:
* `latlon.dms.decimal-format`: adjusts the number of decimal places of the coordinates in deg° min' sec" format
* `latlon.dm.decimal-format`: adjusts the number of decimal places of coordinates in deg° min' (Nautical) format
* `statusbar.decimal-format`: adjusts the number of decimal places of heading, angle and distance
* `statusbar.distance-threshold`: determines when to display `--` instead of the distance
After changing such a key you need to restart JOSM.

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