diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView.cpp b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView.cpp
index 112d3dfc19..7f6cc724ee 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView.cpp
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView.cpp
@@ -1,210 +1,217 @@
 /*=========================================================================
 
 Program:   Medical Imaging & Interaction Toolkit
 Language:  C++
 Date:      $Date$
 Version:   $Revision$ 
  
 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.
 
 =========================================================================*/
 
 // Blueberry
 #include <berryISelectionService.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchWindow.h>
 
 // Qmitk
 #include "QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView.h"
 #include "QmitkStdMultiWidget.h"
 
 // Qt
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <qfiledialog.h>
 
 // MITK
 #include <mitkNavigationToolStorageDeserializer.h>
 #include <mitkTrackingDeviceSourceConfigurator.h>
 
 
 
 const std::string QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.mitkigttrackingtoolbox";
 
 QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView()
 : QmitkFunctionality()
 , m_Controls( 0 )
 , m_MultiWidget( NULL )
 {
   m_TrackingTimer = new QTimer(this);	
   m_tracking = false;
   m_logging = false;
 }
 
 QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::~QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView()
 {
   
 }
 
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::CreateQtPartControl( QWidget *parent )
 {
   // build up qt view, unless already done
   if ( !m_Controls )
   {
     // create GUI widgets from the Qt Designer's .ui file
     m_Controls = new Ui::QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls;
     m_Controls->setupUi( parent );
  
     connect( m_Controls->m_LoadTools, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnLoadTools()) );
     connect( m_Controls->m_StartTracking, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnStartTracking()) );
     connect( m_Controls->m_StopTracking, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnStopTracking()) );
     connect( m_TrackingTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(UpdateTrackingTimer()));
     connect( m_Controls->m_EnableLogging, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnEnableLoggingClicked()));
     connect( m_Controls->m_ChooseFile, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(OnChooseFileClicked()));
 
     this->m_Controls->m_configurationWidget->EnableAdvancedUserControl(false);
   }
 }
 
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::StdMultiWidgetAvailable (QmitkStdMultiWidget &stdMultiWidget)
 {
   m_MultiWidget = &stdMultiWidget;
 }
 
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::StdMultiWidgetNotAvailable()
 {
   m_MultiWidget = NULL;
 }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::OnLoadTools()
 {
   //read in filename
   QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(NULL,tr("Open Toolfile"), "/", tr("All Files (*.*)")); //later perhaps: tr("Toolfile (*.tfl)"
   if (filename.isNull()) return;
   
   //initialize tool storage
   m_toolStorage = mitk::NavigationToolStorage::New();
   
   //read tool storage from disk
   mitk::NavigationToolStorageDeserializer::Pointer myDeserializer = mitk::NavigationToolStorageDeserializer::New(GetDataStorage());
   m_toolStorage = myDeserializer->Deserialize(filename.toStdString());
   if (m_toolStorage.IsNull()) 
 	{
 	MessageBox(myDeserializer->GetErrorMessage());
 	m_toolStorage = NULL;
 	return;
   }
 
   //update label
   Poco::Path myPath = Poco::Path(filename.toStdString()); //use this to seperate filename from path
   QString toolLabel = QString("Loaded Tools: ") + QString::number(m_toolStorage->GetToolCount()) + " Tools from " + myPath.getFileName().c_str();
   m_Controls->m_toolLabel->setText(toolLabel);
 }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::OnStartTracking()
 {
 //check if everything is ready to start tracking
 if (this->m_toolStorage.IsNull())
   {
   MessageBox("Error: No Tools Loaded Yet!");
   return;
   }
 else if (this->m_toolStorage->GetToolCount() == 0)
   {
   MessageBox("Error: No Way To Track Without Tools!");
   return;
   }
 
 //build the IGT pipeline
 mitk::TrackingDeviceSourceConfigurator::Pointer myTrackingDeviceSourceFactory = mitk::TrackingDeviceSourceConfigurator::New(this->m_toolStorage,this->m_Controls->m_configurationWidget->GetTrackingDevice());
 m_TrackingDeviceSource = myTrackingDeviceSourceFactory->CreateTrackingDeviceSource(this->m_ToolVisualizationFilter);
 if (m_TrackingDeviceSource.IsNull()) 
   {
   MessageBox(myTrackingDeviceSourceFactory->GetErrorMessage());
   return;
   }
+for(int i=0; i<m_ToolVisualizationFilter->GetNumberOfOutputs(); i++) //connect the tool visualization widget
+  m_Controls->m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget->AddNavigationData(m_ToolVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(i));
+
+m_Controls->m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget->SetShowPositions(true);
+m_Controls->m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget->ShowStatusLabels();
+m_Controls->m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget->SetTextAlignment(Qt::AlignLeft);
 
 //set configuration finished
 this->m_Controls->m_configurationWidget->ConfigurationFinished();
 
 //initialize tracking
 m_TrackingDeviceSource->Connect();
 m_TrackingDeviceSource->StartTracking();
 m_TrackingTimer->start(100);
 m_Controls->m_TrackingControlLabel->setText("Status: tracking");
 
 //start logging if logging is on
 if (this->m_Controls->m_EnableLogging->isChecked()) StartLogging();
 
 m_tracking = true;
 }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::OnStopTracking()
 {
 if (!m_tracking) return;
 m_TrackingTimer->stop();
 m_TrackingDeviceSource->StopTracking();
 m_TrackingDeviceSource->Disconnect();
 this->m_Controls->m_configurationWidget->Reset();
 m_Controls->m_TrackingControlLabel->setText("Status: stopped");
 if (m_logging) StopLogging();
 }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::MessageBox(std::string s)
   {
   QMessageBox msgBox;
   msgBox.setText(s.c_str());
   msgBox.exec();
   }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::UpdateTrackingTimer()
   {
   m_ToolVisualizationFilter->Update();
   std::cout << "Position" << m_ToolVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(0)->GetPosition() << std::endl;
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->RequestUpdateAll();
   if (m_logging) this->m_loggingFilter->Update();
+  m_Controls->m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget->Refresh();
   }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::OnEnableLoggingClicked()
   {
   if (this->m_tracking && this->m_Controls->m_EnableLogging->isChecked() && !this->m_logging) StartLogging();
   else if (!this->m_Controls->m_EnableLogging->isChecked() && this->m_logging) StopLogging();
   }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::OnChooseFileClicked()
   {
   QString filename = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(NULL,tr("Choose Logging File"), "/", "*.*");
   this->m_Controls->m_LoggingFileName->setText(filename);
   }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::StartLogging()
   {
   //initialize logging filter
   m_loggingFilter = mitk::NavigationDataRecorder::New();
   m_loggingFilter->SetRecordingMode(mitk::NavigationDataRecorder::NormalFile);
   if (m_Controls->m_xmlFormat->isChecked()) m_loggingFilter->SetOutputFormat(mitk::NavigationDataRecorder::xml);
   else if (m_Controls->m_csvFormat->isChecked()) m_loggingFilter->SetOutputFormat(mitk::NavigationDataRecorder::csv);
   m_loggingFilter->SetFileName(m_Controls->m_LoggingFileName->text().toStdString().c_str());
   
   //connect filter
   for(int i=0; i<m_ToolVisualizationFilter->GetNumberOfOutputs(); i++){m_loggingFilter->AddNavigationData(m_ToolVisualizationFilter->GetOutput(i));}
   
   m_loggingFilter->StartRecording();
   m_logging = true;
   }
 
 void QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxView::StopLogging()
   {
   m_loggingFilter->StopRecording();
   m_logging = false;
   }
 
 
 
diff --git a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls.ui b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls.ui
index e08909c825..bd7350649d 100644
--- a/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls.ui
+++ b/Modules/Bundles/org.mitk.gui.qt.igttrackingtoolbox/src/internal/QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls.ui
@@ -1,304 +1,313 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="QmitkMITKIGTTrackingToolboxViewControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>335</width>
     <height>685</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>0</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkTemplate</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="m_MainWidget">
      <property name="currentIndex">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Tracking</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
          <property name="minimumSize">
           <size>
            <width>0</width>
            <height>280</height>
           </size>
          </property>
          <property name="maximumSize">
           <size>
            <width>16777215</width>
            <height>280</height>
           </size>
          </property>
          <property name="title">
           <string/>
          </property>
          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
           <item>
            <widget class="QmitkTrackingDeviceConfigurationWidget" name="m_configurationWidget" native="true"/>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
          <property name="title">
           <string/>
          </property>
          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
             <property name="text">
              <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:14pt; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Tracking Tools&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="m_toolLabel">
             <property name="text">
              <string>Loaded Tools: &lt;none&gt;</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget" name="m_TrackingToolsStatusWidget" native="true"/>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
             <item>
              <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
               <property name="orientation">
                <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
               </property>
               <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
                <size>
                 <width>40</width>
                 <height>20</height>
                </size>
               </property>
              </spacer>
             </item>
             <item>
              <widget class="QPushButton" name="m_LoadTools">
               <property name="text">
                <string>Load Tools</string>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_2">
          <property name="title">
           <string/>
          </property>
          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
             <property name="text">
              <string>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-size:14pt; font-weight:600;&quot;&gt;Tracking Control&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QLabel" name="m_TrackingControlLabel">
             <property name="text">
              <string>Status: &lt;not configured&gt;</string>
             </property>
            </widget>
           </item>
           <item>
            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
             <item>
              <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
               <property name="orientation">
                <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
               </property>
               <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
                <size>
                 <width>40</width>
                 <height>20</height>
                </size>
               </property>
              </spacer>
             </item>
             <item>
              <widget class="QPushButton" name="m_StartTracking">
               <property name="text">
                <string>Start Tracking</string>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
           <item>
            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
             <item>
              <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
               <property name="orientation">
                <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
               </property>
               <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
                <size>
                 <width>40</width>
                 <height>20</height>
                </size>
               </property>
              </spacer>
             </item>
             <item>
              <widget class="QPushButton" name="m_StopTracking">
               <property name="text">
                <string>Stop Tracking</string>
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
          </layout>
         </widget>
        </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>
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Visualization Options</string>
       </attribute>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_3">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Logging Options</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_6">
        <item>
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="m_EnableLogging">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Enable Logging</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
          <item>
           <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Filename:</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="m_LoggingFileName">
            <property name="text">
             <string>C:/logfile.csv</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
         </layout>
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="m_xmlFormat">
          <property name="text">
           <string>XML format</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QRadioButton" name="m_csvFormat">
          <property name="text">
           <string>CSV format</string>
          </property>
          <property name="checked">
           <bool>true</bool>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item>
         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
          <item>
           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
            <property name="orientation">
             <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
            </property>
            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
             <size>
              <width>40</width>
              <height>20</height>
             </size>
            </property>
           </spacer>
          </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QPushButton" name="m_ChooseFile">
            <property name="text">
             <string>Choose File</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
         </layout>
        </item>
        <item>
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
          <property name="orientation">
           <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
            <width>20</width>
            <height>40</height>
           </size>
          </property>
         </spacer>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <customwidgets>
   <customwidget>
    <class>QmitkTrackingDeviceConfigurationWidget</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
    <header>QmitkTrackingDeviceConfigurationWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>QmitkToolTrackingStatusWidget.h</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>