Status Window (Screen Elements)

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The status window has two functions: to display coordinates and other details for the current operation, and the direct entry of coordinates. Its appearance depends upon where the mouse pointer is, and at what stage a command is.

Clicking the mouse button in the status window calls direct coordinate entry (see Coordinate Entry (F8)).

The way in which the status window functions depends on the position of the mouse pointer or crosshairs and the stage of command input.

Inside a Drawing Window

Point Entry without Reference Point

x and y

Current crosshairs position (x and y coordinate)

Used	Used portion of currently reserved memory

Command

Designation of the current command

Input

Description of the currently expected input (point entry, object selection, identification, etc.)

Point Entry with Reference Point

x and y

Current crosshairs position (x and y coordinate)

w and h

Difference between the current crosshairs position and the position of the reference point (width and height)

l	Distance of the current crosshairs position to the reference point (length)

a	Angle of the current crosshairs position relative to the reference point (angle)

Input

Description of the currently expected input (point entry, object selection, identification, etc.)

Hovering a button

Button

Description of the button under the mouse pointer

Input

Description of the currently expected input (point entry, object selection, identification, etc.)