#8332 closed enhancement (worksforme)
Better selection for overlapping ways
| Reported by: | !i! | Owned by: | team |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Core | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
Hi, currently it's pretty hard to get select ways, if they are overlapping. Think about a road going through the landscape and tagged fields areas left and right, that share the same nodes as the road. Now it becomes very tricky to select the road way again, for example if you want to change it's tags. Even if moving the mouse and hovering already tries to assist on getting the desired selection, currently you need to make use of the selection-wind and use a bbox selection to find what you desire :/
My suggestion is to allow a shortcut (e.g. ALT-key) to iterate through the ways, that share the line you are clicking on. So 1st click selects the very first top, next one selects another one etc...
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Change History (5)
by , 12 years ago
| Attachment: | hardtoselect.jpg added |
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comment:1 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → worksforme |
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| Status: | new → closed |
follow-up: 3 comment:2 by , 12 years ago
Yes you are right, I checked it on my laptop.
Unfortunatly this doesn't work on my desktop on 5531, is there any tip`how to get it working? I checked the shortcuts preferences, but the item doesn't show up :(
comment:3 by , 12 years ago
Replying to digi_c@…:
Yes you are right, I checked it on my laptop.
Unfortunatly this doesn't work on my desktop on 5531, is there any tip`how to get it working? I checked the shortcuts preferences, but the item doesn't show up :(
Sorry, documentation is a bit messy. I started to clean up a bit but its not finished, yet. Please check wiki:Help/MapView#MiddleMouseButton and the two links, again, and either tell us what's missing or fix it yourself.
Do not know the differences of your two systems.
- middle mouse button should always work
- Depending on your window manager (for example Gnome with metacity) left
Altmight not work. Please, use rightAlt(akaAltGr) or change your general WM settings. - You do not need
Ctrlit is only used as modifier.
Good luck
comment:4 by , 12 years ago
AltGr solved my problem, thanks! Now landuse and 3D tagging will become much more easier :)
This is already implemented. Please, use the middle mouse button or
Ctrl+Alt+ left click. Have a look at wiki:Help/MapView though I have to admit this page needs some extension.EDT: On HowTo it is even better explained.