The Position pane embedded into the status bar provides the current position of the mouse cursor within map, drawing, image, and labels windows. For layouts, the Position pane reports the coordinates under the cursor for any active layout frame (one that has been picked with an Alt-click or enabled for panning and zooming with a double-click) that shows content from a map, drawing, image, or labels component.
Right-click onto a blank portion of the status bar to turn optional panes on or off. The Position pane in the status bar by default is on.
The Position pane reports the current mouse position, using Latitude / longitude decimal degrees format by default. Right-click onto the Position pane to change the format.
Latitude / longitude |
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Latitude / longitude (deg-min) |
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Latitude / longitude (deg-min-sec) |
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Pixels / stored |
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Projected |
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The choice of format will persist into future Manifold sessions, until changed to a different setting.
Choosing Center in the Position pane menu launches the Center dialog, to allow us to center the view (a "go to" command) to the specified coordinates.
With the focus on the desired window, or on an active layout frame in a layout, Right-click the Position pane in the status bar and choose Center.
In the Center dialog specify the desired X (longitude) and Y (latitude) coordinates, and press OK. The coordinates shown above will take us to the Amiens cathedral in France.
If coordinates other than latitude and longitude are to be used, choose the coordinates type to be used in the Set box.
Latitude / longitude |
X (longitude) and Y (latitude) coordinates using decimal degrees notation. |
Pixels / stored |
X and Y pixel coordinates for an image, or X and Y coordinate values as they are stored for a drawing. |
Projected |
X and Y coordinates in the units used by the coordinate system, applying local scales and offsets. |
Layouts - The Center command does not appear for layouts that are read-only, since setting the center of a view for an active layout frame changes the layout.
Position using decimal degrees notation.
Position using degrees and minutes, with fractions of minutes
indicated using decimal notation
Position using degrees, minutes and seconds, with fractions
of minutes indicated using seconds notation.
Reports pixel coordinates for an image.
Reports unmodified coordinate values exactly as they are
stored for a drawing.
Reports coordinates in the units used by the coordinate
system, applying local scales and offsets.