diff --git a/include/editor.h b/include/editor.h
index 72b94f89..d562f20f 100644
--- a/include/editor.h
+++ b/include/editor.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ private slots:
     void onHoveredMovementPermissionCleared();
     void onHoveredMetatileSelectionChanged(uint16_t);
     void onHoveredMetatileSelectionCleared();
-    void onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(int, int);
+    void onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos);
     void onHoveredMapMetatileCleared();
     void onHoveredMapMovementPermissionChanged(int, int);
     void onHoveredMapMovementPermissionCleared();
diff --git a/include/ui/mappixmapitem.h b/include/ui/mappixmapitem.h
index e8a1cd1c..a6ed0ab9 100644
--- a/include/ui/mappixmapitem.h
+++ b/include/ui/mappixmapitem.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ signals:
     void startPaint(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *, MapPixmapItem *);
     void endPaint(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *, MapPixmapItem *);
     void mouseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *, MapPixmapItem *);
-    void hoveredMapMetatileChanged(int x, int y);
+    void hoveredMapMetatileChanged(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos);
     void hoveredMapMetatileCleared();
 
 protected:
diff --git a/include/ui/mapruler.h b/include/ui/mapruler.h
index 1fd97d84..7d0be579 100644
--- a/include/ui/mapruler.h
+++ b/include/ui/mapruler.h
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 class MapRuler : public QGraphicsItem, private QLine
 {
 public:
-    MapRuler(QColor interior = Qt::yellow, QColor exterior = Qt::black)
-    : interiorColor(interior), exteriorColor(exterior)
+    MapRuler(QColor innerColor = Qt::yellow, QColor borderColor = Qt::black) :
+        innerColor(innerColor),
+        borderColor(borderColor)
     {
         init();
         setAcceptedMouseButtons(Qt::RightButton);
@@ -20,17 +21,13 @@ public:
     void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *, QWidget *) override;
     QPainterPath shape() const override;
 
-    // Anchor the ruler on metatile 'tilePos' and show the ruler
-    void setAnchor(const QPoint &tilePos);
-    // Anchor the ruler on metatile (tileX,tileY) and show the ruler
-    void setAnchor(int tileX, int tileY) { setAnchor(QPoint(tileX, tileY)); }
-    // Release the ruler anchor and hide the ruler
+    // Anchor the ruler and make it visible
+    void setAnchor(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos);
+    // Release the anchor and hide the ruler
     void endAnchor();
-    // Set the ruler end point to metatile 'tilePos' and repaint
-    void setEndPos(const QPoint &tilePos);
-    // Set the ruler end point to metatile (tileX, tileY) and repaint
-    void setEndPos(int tileX, int tileY) { setEndPos(QPoint(tileX, tileY)); }
-    
+    // Set the end point and repaint
+    void setEndPos(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos);
+
     // Ruler start point in metatiles
     QPoint anchor() const { return QLine::p1(); }
     // Ruler end point in metatiles
@@ -52,21 +49,25 @@ public:
     // Ruler height in map pixels
     int pixHeight() const { return height() * 16; }
 
-    bool mousePressed(Qt::MouseButtons buttons) { return buttons & acceptedMouseButtons(); }
+    bool isMousePressed(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) const;
+    bool isAnchored() const { return anchored; }
+
+    bool locked;
+    QString statusMessage;
 
 private:
+    QColor innerColor;
+    QColor borderColor;
     QRect xRuler;
     QRect yRuler;
     QLineF cornerTick;
-    QRect widthTextBox;
-    QRect heightTextBox;
-    QColor interiorColor;
-    QColor exteriorColor;
+    bool anchored;
 
-    static int padding;
     static int thickness;
     
-    void updateShape();
+    void showDimensions(const QPoint &screenPos);
+    void hideDimensions() const;
+    void updateGeometry();
 };
 
 #endif // MAPRULER_H
diff --git a/src/editor.cpp b/src/editor.cpp
index 00f562fc..368dd753 100644
--- a/src/editor.cpp
+++ b/src/editor.cpp
@@ -889,23 +889,31 @@ void Editor::onSelectedMetatilesChanged() {
     this->redrawCurrentMetatilesSelection();
 }
 
-void Editor::onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(int x, int y) {
-    this->playerViewRect->updateLocation(x, y);
-    this->cursorMapTileRect->updateLocation(x, y);
+void Editor::onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos) {
+    QPoint pos = Metatile::coordFromPixmapCoord(scenePos);
+    this->playerViewRect->updateLocation(pos.x(), pos.y());
+    this->cursorMapTileRect->updateLocation(pos.x(), pos.y());
+    
     if (map_item->paintingMode == MapPixmapItem::PaintMode::Metatiles
-     && x >= 0 && x < map->getWidth() && y >= 0 && y < map->getHeight()) {
-        int blockIndex = y * map->getWidth() + x;
+     && pos.x() >= 0 && pos.x() < map->getWidth() && pos.y() >= 0 && pos.y() < map->getHeight()) {
+        int blockIndex = pos.y() * map->getWidth() + pos.x();
         int metatileId = map->layout->blockdata->blocks->at(blockIndex).tile;
         this->ui->statusBar->showMessage(QString("X: %1, Y: %2, %3, Scale = %4x")
-                              .arg(x)
-                              .arg(y)
+                              .arg(pos.x())
+                              .arg(pos.y())
                               .arg(getMetatileDisplayMessage(metatileId))
                               .arg(QString::number(pow(scale_base, scale_exp), 'g', 2)));
     } else if (map_item->paintingMode == MapPixmapItem::PaintMode::EventObjects
-        && x >= 0 && x < map->getWidth() && y >= 0 && y < map->getHeight()) {
+        && pos.x() >= 0 && pos.x() < map->getWidth() && pos.y() >= 0 && pos.y() < map->getHeight()) {
         this->ui->statusBar->showMessage(QString("X: %1, Y: %2")
-                              .arg(x)
-                              .arg(y));
+                              .arg(pos.x())
+                              .arg(pos.y()));
+        if (this->map_ruler->isAnchored()) {
+            this->map_ruler->setEndPos(scenePos, screenPos);
+            this->ui->statusBar->showMessage(
+                this->ui->statusBar->currentMessage() + "; " + this->map_ruler->statusMessage
+            );
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -915,6 +923,9 @@ void Editor::onHoveredMapMetatileCleared() {
     if (map_item->paintingMode == MapPixmapItem::PaintMode::Metatiles
      || map_item->paintingMode == MapPixmapItem::PaintMode::EventObjects) {
         this->ui->statusBar->clearMessage();
+        if (this->map_ruler->isAnchored()) {
+            this->ui->statusBar->showMessage(this->map_ruler->statusMessage);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -1121,13 +1132,15 @@ void Editor::mouseEvent_map(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event, MapPixmapItem *item
                 }
             }
         } else if (obj_edit_mode == "select") {
-            if (!this->map_ruler->isEnabled() && this->map_ruler->mousePressed(event->buttons())) {
-                this->map_ruler->setAnchor(x, y);
-            } else if (event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneMouseRelease
-                        && !this->map_ruler->mousePressed(event->buttons())) {
-                this->map_ruler->endAnchor();
-            } else if (this->map_ruler->isEnabled()) {
-                this->map_ruler->setEndPos(x, y);
+            if (!this->map_ruler->isAnchored() && this->map_ruler->isMousePressed(event)) {
+                this->map_ruler->setAnchor(event->scenePos(), event->screenPos());
+            } else if (this->map_ruler->isAnchored()) {
+                if (event->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton)
+                    this->map_ruler->locked = !this->map_ruler->locked;
+                if (this->map_ruler->isMousePressed(event))
+                    this->map_ruler->endAnchor();
+                else
+                    this->map_ruler->setEndPos(event->scenePos(), event->screenPos());
             }
         } else if (obj_edit_mode == "shift" && item->map) {
             static QPoint selection_origin;
@@ -1292,8 +1305,8 @@ void Editor::displayMapMetatiles() {
             this, SLOT(onMapStartPaint(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent*,MapPixmapItem*)));
     connect(map_item, SIGNAL(endPaint(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent*,MapPixmapItem*)),
             this, SLOT(onMapEndPaint(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent*,MapPixmapItem*)));
-    connect(map_item, SIGNAL(hoveredMapMetatileChanged(int, int)),
-            this, SLOT(onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(int, int)));
+    connect(map_item, SIGNAL(hoveredMapMetatileChanged(const QPointF&, const QPoint&)),
+            this, SLOT(onHoveredMapMetatileChanged(const QPointF&, const QPoint&)));
     connect(map_item, SIGNAL(hoveredMapMetatileCleared()),
             this, SLOT(onHoveredMapMetatileCleared()));
 
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index ee1bd97e..e44753f7 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1346,6 +1346,9 @@ void MainWindow::on_mainTabBar_tabBarClicked(int index)
         if (projectConfig.getEncounterJsonActive())
             editor->saveEncounterTabData();
     }
+    if (index != 1) {
+        editor->map_ruler->endAnchor();
+    }
 }
 
 void MainWindow::on_actionZoom_In_triggered() {
diff --git a/src/ui/draggablepixmapitem.cpp b/src/ui/draggablepixmapitem.cpp
index 3ae3cca4..a293aba6 100644
--- a/src/ui/draggablepixmapitem.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/draggablepixmapitem.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "editor.h"
 #include "editcommands.h"
 #include "mapruler.h"
+#include "metatile.h"
 
 static unsigned currentActionId = 0;
 
@@ -56,17 +57,20 @@ void DraggablePixmapItem::bindToUserData(QComboBox *combo, QString key) {
 }
 
 void DraggablePixmapItem::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *mouse) {
-    int x = static_cast<int>(mouse->pos().x() + this->pos().x()) / 16;
-    int y = static_cast<int>(mouse->pos().y() + this->pos().y()) / 16;
-    if (mouse->buttons() & this->editor->map_ruler->acceptedMouseButtons()) {
-        this->editor->map_ruler->setAnchor(x, y);
-        return;
-    }
     active = true;
-    last_x = x;
-    last_y = y;
+    QPoint pos = Metatile::coordFromPixmapCoord(mouse->scenePos());
+    last_x = pos.x();
+    last_y = pos.y();
     this->editor->selectMapEvent(this, mouse->modifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier);
     this->editor->selectingEvent = true;
+    if (!this->editor->map_ruler->isAnchored() && this->editor->map_ruler->isMousePressed(mouse)) {
+        this->editor->map_ruler->setAnchor(mouse->scenePos(), mouse->screenPos());
+    } else if (this->editor->map_ruler->isAnchored()) {
+        if (mouse->buttons() & Qt::LeftButton)
+            this->editor->map_ruler->locked = !this->editor->map_ruler->locked;
+        if (this->editor->map_ruler->isMousePressed(mouse))
+            this->editor->map_ruler->endAnchor();
+    }
 }
 
 void DraggablePixmapItem::move(int x, int y) {
@@ -78,12 +82,11 @@ void DraggablePixmapItem::move(int x, int y) {
 
 void DraggablePixmapItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *mouse) {
     if (active) {
-        int x = static_cast<int>(mouse->pos().x() + this->pos().x()) / 16;
-        int y = static_cast<int>(mouse->pos().y() + this->pos().y()) / 16;
-        emit this->editor->map_item->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(x, y);
-        if (this->editor->map_ruler->isEnabled()) {
-            this->editor->map_ruler->setEndPos(x, y);
-        } else if (x != last_x || y != last_y) {
+        QPoint pos = Metatile::coordFromPixmapCoord(mouse->scenePos());
+        emit this->editor->map_item->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(mouse->scenePos(), mouse->screenPos());
+        if (this->editor->map_ruler->isAnchored()) {
+            this->editor->map_ruler->setEndPos(mouse->scenePos(), mouse->screenPos());
+        } else if (pos.x() != last_x || pos.y() != last_y) {
         	QList <Event *> selectedEvents;
             if (editor->selected_events->contains(this)) {
                 for (DraggablePixmapItem *item : *editor->selected_events) {
@@ -92,21 +95,16 @@ void DraggablePixmapItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *mouse) {
             } else {
                 selectedEvents.append(this->event);
             }
-            editor->map->editHistory.push(new EventMove(selectedEvents, x - last_x, y - last_y, currentActionId));
-            last_x = x;
-            last_y = y;
+            editor->map->editHistory.push(new EventMove(selectedEvents, pos.x() - last_x, pos.y() - last_y, currentActionId));
+            last_x = pos.x();
+            last_y = pos.y();
         }
     }
 }
 
-void DraggablePixmapItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *mouse) {
-    if (!(mouse->buttons() & this->editor->map_ruler->acceptedMouseButtons())) {
-        this->editor->map_ruler->endAnchor();
-    }
-    if (!this->editor->map_ruler->isEnabled()) {
-        active = false;
-        currentActionId++;
-    }
+void DraggablePixmapItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *) {
+    active = false;
+    currentActionId++;
 }
 
 void DraggablePixmapItem::mouseDoubleClickEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *) {
diff --git a/src/ui/mappixmapitem.cpp b/src/ui/mappixmapitem.cpp
index 60555d84..537a5ddf 100644
--- a/src/ui/mappixmapitem.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/mappixmapitem.cpp
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ void MapPixmapItem::draw(bool ignoreCache) {
 void MapPixmapItem::hoverMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent *event) {
     int x = static_cast<int>(event->pos().x()) / 16;
     int y = static_cast<int>(event->pos().y()) / 16;
-    emit this->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(x, y);
+    emit this->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(event->scenePos(), event->screenPos());
     if (this->settings->betterCursors && this->paintingMode != MapPixmapItem::PaintMode::Disabled) {
         setCursor(this->settings->mapCursor);
     }
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ void MapPixmapItem::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) {
 void MapPixmapItem::mouseMoveEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) {
     int x = static_cast<int>(event->pos().x()) / 16;
     int y = static_cast<int>(event->pos().y()) / 16;
-    emit this->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(x, y);
+    emit this->hoveredMapMetatileChanged(event->scenePos(), event->screenPos());
     emit mouseEvent(event, this);
 }
 void MapPixmapItem::mouseReleaseEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) {
diff --git a/src/ui/mapruler.cpp b/src/ui/mapruler.cpp
index f60f992b..b3c8cd3d 100644
--- a/src/ui/mapruler.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/mapruler.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,28 @@
 #include "mapruler.h"
+#include "metatile.h"
 
 #include <QGraphicsItem>
+#include <QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QColor>
+#include <QToolTip>
 
-int MapRuler::padding = 24;
 int MapRuler::thickness = 3;
 
 
 void MapRuler::init() {
     setVisible(false);
-    setEnabled(false);
     setPoints(QPoint(), QPoint());
+    anchored = false;
+    locked = false;
+    statusMessage = QString("Ruler: 0");
     xRuler = QRect();
     yRuler = QRect();
-    widthTextBox = QRect();
-    heightTextBox = QRect();
+    cornerTick = QLine();
 }
 
 QRectF MapRuler::boundingRect() const {
-    return QRectF(-padding, -padding, pixWidth() + padding * 2, pixHeight() + padding * 2);
+    return QRectF(-thickness, -thickness, pixWidth() + thickness * 2, pixHeight() + thickness * 2);
 }
 
 QPainterPath MapRuler::shape() const {
@@ -36,69 +39,99 @@ QPainterPath MapRuler::shape() const {
 }
 
 void MapRuler::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *, QWidget *) {
-    painter->setPen(exteriorColor);
-    painter->setBrush(QBrush(interiorColor));
+    painter->setPen(QPen(borderColor));
+    painter->setBrush(QBrush(innerColor));
     painter->drawPath(shape());
-    if (width() && height())
+    if (deltaX() && deltaY())
         painter->drawLine(cornerTick);
-    painter->drawText(widthTextBox, Qt::AlignCenter, QString("%1").arg(width()));
-    painter->drawText(heightTextBox, Qt::AlignCenter, QString("%1").arg(height()));
 }
 
-void MapRuler::setAnchor(const QPoint &tilePos) {
-    setEnabled(true);
+void MapRuler::setAnchor(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos) {
+    anchored = true;
+    locked = false;
+    QPoint tilePos = Metatile::coordFromPixmapCoord(scenePos);
     setPoints(tilePos, tilePos);
-    updateShape();
+    updateGeometry();
     setVisible(true);
+    showDimensions(screenPos);
 }
 
 void MapRuler::endAnchor() {
-    setVisible(false);
-    setEnabled(false);
+    hideDimensions();
     prepareGeometryChange();
     init();
 }
 
-void MapRuler::setEndPos(const QPoint &tilePos) {
-    if (!isEnabled() || (tilePos == endPos() && tilePos != anchor()))
+void MapRuler::setEndPos(const QPointF &scenePos, const QPoint &screenPos) {
+    if (locked)
         return;
-    prepareGeometryChange();
-    setP2(tilePos);
-    updateShape();
+    QPoint pos = Metatile::coordFromPixmapCoord(scenePos);
+    QPoint lastEndPos = endPos();
+    setP2(pos);
+    if (pos != lastEndPos)
+        updateGeometry();
+    showDimensions(screenPos);
 }
 
-void MapRuler::updateShape() {
+bool MapRuler::isMousePressed(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event) const {
+    return event->buttons() & acceptedMouseButtons() && event->type() == QEvent::GraphicsSceneMousePress;
+}
+
+void MapRuler::showDimensions(const QPoint &screenPos) {
+    // This is a hack to make the tool tip follow the cursor since it won't change position if the text is the same.
+    QToolTip::showText(screenPos + QPoint(16, -8), statusMessage + ' ');
+    QToolTip::showText(screenPos + QPoint(16, -8), statusMessage);
+}
+
+void MapRuler::hideDimensions() const {
+    QToolTip::hideText();
+}
+
+void MapRuler::updateGeometry() {
+    prepareGeometryChange();
     setPos(QPoint(left() * 16 + 7, top() * 16 + 7));
-    /* Determines what quadrant the ruler exists in, relative to the anchor point. The anchor point
-     * is the top-left corner of the metatile the ruler starts in, so a zero-length(s) ruler is
-     * treated as being in the bottom-right quadrant from the anchor point. */
+    /* Determine what quadrant the end point is in relative to the anchor point. The anchor
+     * point is the top-left corner of the metatile the ruler starts in, so a zero-length(s)
+     * ruler is considered to be in the bottom-right quadrant from the anchor point. */
     if (deltaX() < 0 && deltaY() < 0) {
         // Top-left
         xRuler = QRect(0, pixHeight(), pixWidth() + thickness, thickness);
         yRuler = QRect(0, 0, thickness, pixHeight() + thickness);
         cornerTick = QLineF(yRuler.x() + 0.5, xRuler.y() + thickness - 0.5, yRuler.x() + thickness, xRuler.y());
-        widthTextBox = QRect(0, pixHeight(), pixWidth(), padding);
-        heightTextBox = QRect(-padding, 0, padding, pixHeight());
+        statusMessage = QString("Ruler: Left %1, Up %2").arg(width()).arg(height());
     } else if (deltaX() < 0) {
         // Bottom-left
         xRuler = QRect(0, 0, pixWidth() + thickness, thickness);
         yRuler = QRect(0, 0, thickness, pixHeight() + thickness);
         cornerTick = QLineF(xRuler.x() + 0.5, xRuler.y() + 0.5, xRuler.x() + thickness, xRuler.y() + thickness);
-        widthTextBox = QRect(0, -padding, pixWidth(), padding);
-        heightTextBox = QRect(-padding, 0, padding, pixHeight());
+        statusMessage = QString("Ruler: Left %1").arg(width());
+        if (deltaY())
+            statusMessage += QString(", Down %1").arg(height());
     } else if (deltaY() < 0) {
         // Top-right
         xRuler = QRect(0, pixHeight(), pixWidth() + thickness, thickness);
         yRuler = QRect(pixWidth(), 0, thickness, pixHeight() + thickness);
         cornerTick = QLineF(yRuler.x(), xRuler.y(), yRuler.x() + thickness - 0.5, xRuler.y() + thickness - 0.5);
-        widthTextBox = QRect(0, pixHeight(), pixWidth(), padding);
-        heightTextBox = QRect(pixWidth(), 0, padding, pixHeight());
+        statusMessage = QString("Ruler: ");
+        if (deltaX())
+            statusMessage += QString("Right %1, ").arg(width());
+        statusMessage += QString("Up %1").arg(height());
     } else {
         // Bottom-right
         xRuler = QRect(0, 0, pixWidth() + thickness, thickness);
         yRuler = QRect(pixWidth(), 0, thickness, pixHeight() + thickness);
         cornerTick = QLineF(yRuler.x(), yRuler.y() + thickness, yRuler.x() + thickness - 0.5, yRuler.y() + 0.5);
-        widthTextBox = QRect(0, -padding, pixWidth(), padding);
-        heightTextBox = QRect(pixWidth(), 0, padding, pixHeight());
+        statusMessage = QString("Ruler: ");
+        if (deltaX() || deltaY()) {
+            if (deltaX())
+                statusMessage += QString("Right %1").arg(width());
+            if (deltaY()) {
+                if (deltaX())
+                    statusMessage += ", ";
+                statusMessage += QString("Down: %1").arg(height());
+            }
+        } else {
+            statusMessage += QString("0");
+        }
     }
 }