What about Pere's suggested approach: Settings->(select profile)->Navigation settings->Map during navigation->Auto-center map view ? Because the setting is specific to a navigation profile, it should be set on the profile you're navigating with.
Bart On Friday, May 20, 2022 at 11:38:20 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Yep, already tried, as indicated, doesn't appear to work. Map keeps > re-centering on current location, whether I want it to or not. Also a > little odd that Osmand would use the term "autocenter" in some places, but > then "Display position always in center" elsewhere, which serves only to > confuse the user. Well, at least this one. > > On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 5:57:51 PM UTC-4 Bart Eisenberg wrote: > >> Try enabling the quick action button: Configure screen/Quick action. >> Add an action (the + sign at the top of the screen) >> At the bottom of the resulting menu, "Change--Display position always in >> center". >> >> I haven't tried this, but the menu indicates this should toggle your >> preference between centering and not. >> >> >> On Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 7:59:00 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> While I can see this app is powerful, crammed full of bells and >>> whistles, many of which have names which are not at all intuitive, my >>> attempted use of it for bicycling purposes has produced many emotionally >>> adverse moments. :( I'm now using v, 4.1.11, and for the life of me I >>> cannot find the setting to turn auto center on or off. The instructions >>> here appear to be for an older version. I often need to move the screen >>> away from where I am at the moment, and the fact that it keeps moving back >>> to where the GPS says I am drives me up the wall. Help? >>> >>> Beyond that, I thought I had found the way to have a button onscreen to >>> toggle auto center on and off, so that I don't have to remember how to find >>> it any more, but apparently I failed. I don't know what the button is >>> doing now. (Note to Osmand: I truly hate icons. In the app, they are >>> rarely self-explanatory. If I can create a toggle button, how about >>> letting me control what appears? "AC" would be a much better label for me >>> than anything else.) >>> >>> If anyone knows if there is a proper way to create an onscreen toggle >>> button to switch the auto center feature on and off, would you please post >>> it? Thanks. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/ffc1eeb9-e38a-45af-8472-08dc681fea50n%40googlegroups.com.
