# Project annotation ruler text in slice view

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/project-annotation-ruler-text-in-slice-view/8910>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 26, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/project-annotation-ruler-text-in-slice-view/8910 "2019-10-26T00:25:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Prashant\_Pandey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Prashant\_Pandey](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Prashant_Pandey)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/project-annotation-ruler-text-in-slice-view/8910/1 "2019-10-26T00:25:35Z")

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Is it possible to project the text of a ruler (distance measurment) onto all slices instead of only the slice that the ruler is in. Similar to how a ruler can be projected in slice view.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/project-annotation-ruler-text-in-slice-view/8910/2 "2019-10-26T01:48:48Z")

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This is an interesting idea. It could easily mislead users but if we can find a way to clearly indicate that the displayed distance is out-of-plane then it may work. We’ll add this to markups lines.

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**Author:** ![Prashant\_Pandey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@Prashant\_Pandey](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Prashant_Pandey)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/project-annotation-ruler-text-in-slice-view/8910/3 "2019-10-28T00:10:59Z")

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To make it less confusing, would it be possible instead to display the slice projection of the relevant measurement? E.g. if a length, display the component of that length based on the current slice instead of the actual length of the ruler.