Delete

Keyboard shortcut: D

Allows the user to delete nodes and other objects.

The user can click on an object, which get deleted if possible. When Ctrl is pressed when releasing the button, the objects and all its references are deleted.

The exact definition of all its references is:

• If a node is deleted, the node and all ways and areas the node is part of are deleted as well.

• If a way is deleted, only the way and no nodes are deleted.

• If an area is deleted, only the area gets deleted.

The following key shortcuts are defined:

• If the user did not press Ctrl and the object has any references, the user is informed and nothing is deleted.

If the user enters the mapmode and any object is selected, all selected objects that can be deleted will.

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