Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapFrame.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapFrame.java	(revision 4487)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/MapFrame.java	(revision 4488)
@@ -97,4 +97,6 @@
     public ValidatorDialog validatorDialog;
     public SelectionListDialog selectionListDialog;
+    public PropertiesDialog propertiesDialog;
+    
     /**
      * The panel list of all toggle dialog icons. To add new toggle dialog actions, use addToggleDialog
@@ -178,5 +180,5 @@
         LayerListDialog.createInstance(this);
         addToggleDialog(LayerListDialog.getInstance());
-        addToggleDialog(new PropertiesDialog(this));
+        addToggleDialog(propertiesDialog = new PropertiesDialog(this));
         addToggleDialog(selectionListDialog = new SelectionListDialog());
         addToggleDialog(relationListDialog = new RelationListDialog());