diff --git a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.cpp b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.cpp
index 11bdda4815..46bfb1c4ec 100644
--- a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.cpp
+++ b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.cpp
@@ -1,141 +1,162 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date: 2009-03-21 19:27:37 +0100 (Sa, 21 Mrz 2009) $
 Version:   $Revision: 16719 $ 
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h"
 
 
 
 
 
 QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget(QWidget* parent)  
 : QWidget(parent), m_Controls(NULL), m_StatusLabels (NULL), m_NavigationDatas(NULL)
 {
   this->CreateQtPartControl( this );
+  m_ShowPositions = false;
+  m_Alignment = Qt::AlignHCenter;
+}
+
+void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::SetShowPositions(bool enable)
+{
+  m_ShowPositions = enable;
+}
+
+void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::SetTextAlignment(Qt::AlignmentFlag alignment)
+{
+  m_Alignment = alignment;
 }
 
 QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::~QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget()
 {
   //m_Controls = NULL;
   delete m_StatusLabels;
   delete m_NavigationDatas;
 }
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent)
 {
   if (!m_Controls)
   {
     // create GUI widgets
     m_Controls = new Ui::QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls;
     m_Controls->setupUi(parent);
 
     this->CreateConnections();
   }
 }
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::CreateConnections()
 {
 
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::SetNavigationDatas(std::vector<mitk::NavigationData::Pointer>* navDatas)
 {  
   m_NavigationDatas = navDatas;
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::AddNavigationData(mitk::NavigationData::Pointer nd)
 {
   if(m_NavigationDatas == NULL)
     m_NavigationDatas = new std::vector<mitk::NavigationData::Pointer>();
 
   m_NavigationDatas->push_back(nd);
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::Refresh()
 {
 
   if(m_NavigationDatas == NULL || m_NavigationDatas->size() <= 0)
     return;
 
   mitk::NavigationData* navData; 
 
   for(unsigned int i = 0; i < m_NavigationDatas->size(); i++)
   {
     navData = m_NavigationDatas->at(i).GetPointer();
     QString name(navData->GetName());
+    QString pos = "";
+    if (m_ShowPositions)
+      {
+      mitk::Point3D position = navData->GetPosition();
+      pos = " [" + QString::number(position[0]) + ";" + QString::number(position[1]) + ";" + QString::number(position[2]) + "]";
+      }
 
     if(name.compare(m_StatusLabels->at(i)->text()) == 0)
     {
+      m_StatusLabels->at(i)->setText(name+pos);
       if(navData->IsDataValid())
         m_StatusLabels->at(i)->setStyleSheet("QLabel{background-color: #8bff8b }");
+      
       else
         m_StatusLabels->at(i)->setStyleSheet("QLabel{background-color: #ff7878 }");
     }
   }
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::ShowStatusLabels()
 {
 
   if(m_NavigationDatas == NULL || m_NavigationDatas->size() <= 0)
     return;
 
 
   m_StatusLabels = new QVector<QLabel*>();
   mitk::NavigationData* navData;
   QLabel* label;
 
 
   for(unsigned int i = 0; i < m_NavigationDatas->size(); i++)
   {
     navData = m_NavigationDatas->at(i).GetPointer();
 
     QString name(navData->GetName());
+    std::cout << "Name: " <<name.toStdString();
 
     label = new QLabel(name, this);
-    label->setAlignment(Qt::AlignHCenter | Qt::AlignVCenter);
+    label->setAlignment(m_Alignment | Qt::AlignVCenter);
     label->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Panel | QFrame::Sunken);
 
     m_StatusLabels->append(label);
     m_Controls->m_GridLayout->addWidget(m_StatusLabels->at(i),0,i);
   }
 }
 
 
 void QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget::RemoveStatusLabels()
 {
 
   while(m_Controls->m_GridLayout->count() > 0)
   {
     QWidget* actWidget = m_Controls->m_GridLayout->itemAt(0)->widget();
     m_Controls->m_GridLayout->removeWidget(actWidget);
     delete actWidget;
   }
 
   if(m_StatusLabels != NULL && m_StatusLabels->size() > 0)
     m_StatusLabels->clear();
   if(m_NavigationDatas != NULL && m_NavigationDatas->size() > 0)
     m_NavigationDatas->clear();
 
 }
 
 
 
 
diff --git a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h
index ab8bb69cb6..f75006fa97 100644
--- a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h
+++ b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h
@@ -1,97 +1,107 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date: 2009-03-21 19:27:37 +0100 (Sa, 21 Mrz 2009) $
 Version:   $Revision: 16719 $ 
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical and
 Biological Informatics. All rights reserved.
 See MITKCopyright.txt or http://www.mitk.org/copyright.html for details.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
 the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
 PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef _QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget_H_INCLUDED
 #define _QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include "ui_QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls.h"
 #include "MitkIGTUIExports.h"
 
 #include <mitkNavigationDataSource.h>
 #include <QVector>
 #include <QLabel>
 
 
 
 
 /*!
 \brief QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget
 
 Widget for setting up and controlling an update timer in an IGT-Pipeline.
 
 */
 class MitkIGTUI_EXPORT QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget : public QWidget
 {  
   Q_OBJECT // this is needed for all Qt objects that should have a MOC object (everything that derives from QObject)
 public: 
 
 
   typedef std::vector< mitk::NavigationData::Pointer > NavigationDataPointerArray;
 
 
 
   /*!  
   \brief default constructor  
   */ 
   QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget( QWidget* parent );
 
   /*!  
   \brief default destructor  
   */ 
   virtual ~QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget();
 
   /*!  
   \brief Sets up the labels in this widget's QGridLayout for showing the track status of the tracking tools
   */ 
   void ShowStatusLabels();
   
   /*!
   \brief Sets the ND for this widget
   */
   void SetNavigationDatas(std::vector<mitk::NavigationData::Pointer>* navDatas);
 
 
   void AddNavigationData(mitk::NavigationData::Pointer nd);
 
   /*!  
   \brief Changes background color of status labels (green or red) to show if actual navigation data of each tool is valid.
   */ 
   void Refresh();
   
   /*!  
   \brief Removes all status labels.
   */ 
   void RemoveStatusLabels();
 
+  /** @brief Enables / disables if the tool positions are shown. Default is off.*/
+  void SetShowPositions(bool enable);
+
+  /** @brief Sets the text alignment of the tool labels. Default is center. Example: Use Qt::AlignLeft for left alignment. */
+  void SetTextAlignment(Qt::AlignmentFlag alignment);
+
 protected:
   void CreateConnections();
   void CreateQtPartControl( QWidget *parent );
   Ui::QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls* m_Controls;  ///< gui widgets
 
 
 private:  
 
   /*!  
   \brief Vector for all tool tracking status labels.
   */
   QVector< QLabel* >* m_StatusLabels;
 
   std::vector<mitk::NavigationData::Pointer>*  m_NavigationDatas; 
 
+  bool m_ShowPositions;
+
+  Qt::AlignmentFlag m_Alignment;
+
 };
 #endif // _QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget_H_INCLUDED
 
diff --git a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls.ui b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls.ui
index bb7560bf33..103463f0f3 100644
--- a/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls.ui
+++ b/Modules/IGTUI/Qmitk/QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls.ui
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidgetControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>361</width>
-    <height>177</height>
+    <height>195</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <item>
+    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="m_GridLayout"/>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>20</width>
        <height>40</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="m_GridLayout"/>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>