How to avoid "screen center" is moved when tapping a point?

Georg D shared this question 18 days ago
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In Locus 4.25.1, even if the cross indicating "screen center" is very nearby a point like here

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tapping that point will move the screen center to the point's position instead of leaving as it did in Locus 3.70.11, so I loose the position I worked out e.g. in Satellite map or in another application, and need to work it out again.

How can I configure Locus 4 to behave like Locus 3? Or at least make Locus ask for confirmation before changing screen center?

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Hi Georg,

tapping a point in Locus Map 4 aligns it with the screen center. If you need to maintain your location centered, long-press the centering button and your former location will be re-centered after a few seconds (more at https://docs.locusmap.app/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:maps_mainscr_ctrl#centering)

"How can I configure Locus 4 to behave like Locus 3?"

- both apps are quite different but many settings from LMC can be copied to LM4 via backup manager. Open the backup manager in LMC > create a manual backup of your settings > restore the backup file in LM4. More at https://docs.locusmap.app/doku.php?id=manual:user_guide:settings:backup_fsys#backup_manager

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Hi Michal,

locking the center on my GPS position is not my need – I want the current center to stay centered, and it may be GPS or a point or an abitrary position produced by panning around. In last 3 weeks I spent so much time to restore center points that this Locus v4 behavior alone is currently reason enough for me to go back from Locus 4 Gold to 3 Pro...


I'm confused. I understood your 1st paragraph that Locus v4 cannot be made to stick in a poosition, while your 2nd paragraph suggests by backing up Locus3 settings and restoring in Locus4 I could make Locus4 to stick at a position?! 🤷‍♂

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