# Cross-hair in Live View

**URL:** <https://forum.microlist.org/t/cross-hair-in-live-view/2063>\
**Category:** Software\
**Tags:** micro-manager\
**Created:** [February 4, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/cross-hair-in-live-view/2063 "2023-02-04T20:13:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![simon96c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@simon96c](https://forum.microlist.org/u/simon96c)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/cross-hair-in-live-view/2063/1 "2023-02-04T20:13:22Z")

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Is anyone aware of any plugins or methods for displaying a crosshair in the Live View? I had a quick look online but couldn’t find anything other than [an old post with a broken link](https://sourceforge.net/p/micro-manager/mailman/message/32608802/).  
Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![nico.stuurman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.microlist.org/nico.stuurman/32/302_2.png) [@nico.stuurman](https://forum.microlist.org/u/nico.stuurman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/cross-hair-in-live-view/2063/2 "2023-02-04T21:21:18Z")

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In the Image-Inspector (the window containing the histograms), click on Overlays, then Guide Patterns. There are a couple of different crosshairs and targets you can choose from, and you can set their size. This is all in 2.0 (I believe that 1.4 had a plugin for this purpose).

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**Author:** ![simon96c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@simon96c](https://forum.microlist.org/u/simon96c)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.microlist.org/t/cross-hair-in-live-view/2063/3 "2023-02-04T21:34:46Z")

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Thank you so much! It was hiding in plain sight 😅