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Miscellaneous Ui Elements#

Preferences#

The "Edit > Preferences" menu provides a UI for some gsetting / dconf settings. The setting here applied immediately if 'Apply' is clicked.

General Preferences#

genprefs

Units Preferences#

unitsprefs

Unit preferences should be instantly reflected in the UI when 'Apply' is clicked.

Favourite Places#

mwp maintains a list of favourite places, from "View > Centre on Location" menu item.

places

The "Place" combo menu holds all places defined in ~/.config/mwp/places (see the configuration reference).

For convenience, clicking the 'Editor ...' button will load the "Places Editor".

placesedit

  • New items are added with the + button.
  • Locations can be edited in place
  • The context (right mouse button) menu:
    • Zoom to location : Zooms to the place
    • Set location from current view : Sets the location to the centre of the current map view
    • Delete location : Deletes the location without question.
  • OK Saves the locations to ~/.config/mwp/places
  • Closing using the window manager X icon closes without saving.