Bug report #15475

Tooltip on status bar>coordinates wrong

Added by Paolo Cavallini over 8 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

Status:Closed
Priority:Normal
Assignee:-
Category:GUI
Affected QGIS version:master Regression?:No
Operating System: Easy fix?:Yes
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:worksforme
Crashes QGIS or corrupts data:No Copied to github as #:23401

Description

The tooltip message on the Coordinates box in the bottom status bar is wrong - better rephrase it. It would seem appropriate also to add the measure units (m, degrees, etc.) to it.

History

#1 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 7 years ago

Hi Paolo, what is wrong with it? Any suggestions how we should rephrase it?

#2 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Feedback

#3 Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Open

It says `lat,lon or east,north`, whereas it is `lon,lat or east,north`, or possibly better just `lon,lat`.
It would be better to add the unit of measure (degrees, meters, ...

#4 Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago

  • Easy fix? set to No
  • Regression? set to No

#5 Updated by Jürgen Fischer over 7 years ago

  • Easy fix? changed from No to Yes

#6 Updated by Tristram Gräbener about 7 years ago

Hello,

I looked into as it seems a very easy fix.
Alas, it was already fixed in 3059dd548073c0dd2816058f262f231529a21fbc

However the improvement to add the units seems still at my reach. Do you think I should try to do that?

#7 Updated by Paolo Cavallini over 6 years ago

  • Status changed from Open to Closed
  • Resolution set to worksforme

The label is now OK. Adding units would be nice, but is certainly not important.
Feel free to reopen if you think it is.

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