add tags to currently selected object

[!i!]

hi there, I'm working on a audio interface to let JOSM apply tags by voice keywords.

Unfortunatly the current remote API supports tagging only to create new objects or for objects to get downloaded by command: https://josm.openstreetmap.de/wiki/Help/RemoteControlCommands
But I would need a way to add tags to the current selection.

Can we change such behavior easily?

[simon04]

So basically we'd need a new command, such as /edit_selected?addtags=...

How should JOSM behave, if one or more of the selected objects already have the specific key/tag set?

[!i!]

It seems that we need to introduce a new commmand, right?

I like the behavior, when you add existing tags manually to a mixed selection. A dialog comes up to show the conflicting values, that allows to set an default behavior for the whole session.

[simon04]

Actually, this feature is already implemented: ​http://localhost:8111/zoom?left=8.19&right=8.20&top=48.605&bottom=48.590&select=currentselection&addtags=foo=bar

[!i!]

But how can I append tags without changing the zoom / viewport?

[simon04]

Try it. The zoom bbox is not applied if objects are selected and zoom_mode!=download.

[anonymous]

Works fine, thanks for the hint!

Here is my progress ​https://github.com/Matthias84/speech2josm