Changes between Version 13 and Version 14 of Help/Action/Select


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Jan 25, 2012 1:54:13 PM (16 months ago)
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joshdoe
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  • Help/Action/Select

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    1 [[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page may contain outdated information. Not sure about the last sentence of "Select tool" paragraph ! The different cursors are not mentioned.)]] 
     1[[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page may contain outdated information. Add images of the different cursors.)]] 
    22 
    33= Select, Move and Rotate Objects = 
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    1111== Select tool == 
    1212 
    13 This MapMode enables the user to easy make a selection of different [Concepts/Object objects]. 
     13This MapMode enables the user to make selections of different [Concepts/Object objects]. The selected [Concepts/Object objects] are drawn in a different style, depending on [Help/Preferences/Display display preferences] and the [Help/Dialog/MapPaint active styles]. The cursor icon will also change depending on the selection mode. 
    1414 
    15 The selected [Concepts/Object objects] are drawn in a different style. 
     15=== Selecting single objects === 
     16**Left-click** to select the node or way nearest to the pointer. Depending on settings, the node or way that would be selected is highlighted as a hint. 
    1617 
    17 Holding and dragging the left mouse button draws a selection rectangle. 
    18 When the left mouse button is released, all [Concepts/Object objects] within the rectangle get 
    19 selected. 
     18If multiple objects overlap or are very close to each other, there are several ways to select a specific object. 
     19* **Middle-click** to show a pop-up window of nearby objects and to cycle through them. 
     20* **Left-click** while holding the **{{{Alt}}}** (or **{{{AltGr}}}**) key to cycle through nearby objects without showing a pop-up window. To make this type of selection the default, and thus not require the use of the **{{{Alt}}}** key, change the [Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preference] {{{selectaction.cycles.multiple.matches}}} to true. 
    2021 
    21 When the left mouse button is released while the right mouse button pressed, 
    22 nothing happens (the selection rectangle will be cleared, however). 
     22Hold the **{{{Shift}}}** key while **left-clicking** to add an object to the current selection. Hold the **{{{Ctrl}}}** key while **left-clicking** to toggle the selection of the object (if the object is already selected, remove it from the selection, otherwise add it to the selection). 
     23 
     24=== Selecting multiple objects === 
     25To select all objects, press **{{{Ctrl-A}}}**. 
     26 
     27**Hold and drag the left mouse button** to draw a selection rectangle. 
     28 
     29* **Release** the left mouse button to select all [Concepts/Object objects] within the rectangle. All nodes within the rectangle and any ways which are entirely within the rectangle will be selected. 
     30* To cancel the selection rectangle, **hold the right mouse button** when releasing the left mouse button. 
    2331 
    2432When the mouse button is released and either **{{{Alt}}}**, **{{{Shift}}}** or **{{{Ctrl}}}** is held, following selection is made: 
    2533 
    26 * **{{{Alt}}}** : select all [Concepts/Object objects] that are touched by the selection rectangle. 
    27  * If the **{{{Alt}}}** is not held, select only those [Concepts/Object objects] completly within (e.g. for [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways ways] this means: only if all [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes nodes] of the [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way] are within). 
     34* **{{{Alt}}}** : in addition to the normal behavior, select all ways that have at least one node within selection rectangle. 
    2835* **{{{Shift}}}** : the [Concepts/Object objects] are added to the current selection. 
    2936 * If **{{{Shift}}}** is not held, the current selection get replaced. 
    3037* **{{{Ctrl}}}** : remove all [Concepts/Object objects] under the current rectangle from the active selection (if there were any). Nothing is added to the current selection. 
    3138 
    32 **{{{Alt}}}** can be combined with **{{{Ctrl}}}** or **{{{Shift}}}**. 
    33  
    34 The user can also only click on the map. All total movements of 2 or less pixel are considered "only click". If that happens, the nearest [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes node] will be selected if there is any within 10 pixel range. If there is no [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes node] within 10 pixel, the nearest [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way] within 10 pixel range is selected. If there is no [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way] within 10 pixel and the user clicked in or 10 pixel away from an [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/closedway.png)]] [Concepts/Object#ClosedWays area], this [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/closedway.png)]] [Concepts/Object#ClosedWays area] is selected. If there is even no [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/closedway.png)]] [Concepts/Object#ClosedWays area], nothing is selected. {{{Shift}}} and {{{Ctrl}}} apply to this as usual. 
    35  
    36 This tool has two different modes. Pressing {{{Shift-M}}} toggles between the different modes. 
    37  
    38 {{{ 
    39 #!comment 
    40 FIXME: Is this still up to date ? 
    41 }}} 
     39**{{{Alt}}}** can be combined with **{{{Shift}}}**, but cannot be combined with **{{{Ctrl}}}**, as this is used for the ***Scale*** command. 
    4240 
    4341=== Unselecting === 
    44  
    4542To unselect everything you can either click on an empty area of the screen, or press **{{{U}}}** or **{{{Esc}}}** on the keyboard. 
    4643 
    47 If you have more than one [Concepts/Object object] selected, and just want to deselect one particular [Concepts/Object object], them click it with the 'Setect tool' while holding down **{{{Ctrl}}}**. 
     44If you have more than one [Concepts/Object object] selected, and just want to deselect one particular [Concepts/Object object], them click it with the 'Select tool' while holding down **{{{Ctrl}}}**. 
    4845 
    49  
    50 === selecting particular ways === 
     46=== Selecting particular ways === 
    5147 
    5248For help on selecting a certain [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way] which shares common nodes with one or more other [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways ways] see [wiki:/HowTo here]. 
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    5955* If the mouse cursor is near a [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way] when performing the move action, then the [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways way], together with its associated [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes nodes], is moved. 
    6056 
     57=== Merge nodes === 
     58You can merge a selected [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes node] with another one by holding down the **{{{Ctrl}}}** and dragging the selected node onto the other one. 
     59 
    6160== Rotate == 
    6261You can rotate selected [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways ways] while the cursor is near one of them by holding down the **{{{Shift+Ctrl}}}** + left mouse button and moving the cursor.  
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    6564You can scale selected [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways ways] while the cursor is near one of them by holding down the **{{{Ctrl+Alt}}}** + left mouse button and moving the cursor. 
    6665 
    67 == Merge nodes == 
    68 You can merge a selected [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes node] with another one by holding down the **{{{Ctrl}}}** and dragging the selected node onto the other one. 
     66== Advanced details == 
     67Whether a mouse action is considered a selection or a move depends on some settings, to prevent objects from being moved when a simple selection was intended; this is particularly important on devices such as tablets that are touch sensitive or use a stylus. If the pointer is moved between pressing and releasing the left mouse button, the object will only be moved if the pointer moved more than 5 pixels or was held down for more than 0.2 seconds, otherwise the object will simply be selected. These two settings can be changed with {{{edit.initial-move-threshold}}} and {{{edit.initial-move-delay}}}. 
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