The Edit Toolbar

The buttons in the edit toolbar allow to choose different working modes for the map display. Each mode defines what results are caused by actions like clicking, dragging, selecting, ... on the map.

	Select mode	S to toggle from lasso tool	Move, rotate, scale and select objects
	Lasso select mode	S to toggle from "Select mode"	select objects within a handdraw region
	Draw mode	A	Draw nodes and ways
	Angle snapping function in "Draw mode"	A A	Draw nodes and segments at precise angles
	Zoom mode	Z	Zoom with a rectangle
	Delete mode	Ctrl+Delete	Delete nodes or ways or individual segments in a way
	Parallel mode	Shift+P	Make parallel copy of ways
	Extrude mode	X	Create areas by extrusion
	Improve Way Accuraccy	W	Optimized tool to improve geometry of ways
	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons in the edit toolbar

• In all modes you can move the view by
  • right click + mouse move, or
  • Ctrl + arrow keys
• Not all modes are visible in normal JOSM user mode, however you can always customize the toolbar to your needs.
• The whole left panel visibility can be toggled on and off in the main menu view.
• There might be more buttons depending on the loaded plugins.
• The button group below the map modes affect the display of dialog windows. These are described under Toggle Dialogs.

See also

• Menu Edit
• Menu Tools
• Toggle Dialogs

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