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= Preferences Dialog =

[[JOSMImage(preference,48,link=,middle,margin-right=20)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **`F12`**

[=#Intro Each] [#Structure register] stands for a group of settings. 
Some have [#Structure tabs].

||= **Icon** =||= **Name** =||= **Description** =||
||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/display,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Display Display]  ||\
|| Various settings that influence the visual representation of the whole program. including [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Display#LookAndFeel Look and Feel] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(layer/osmdata_small,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/DrawingPreference OSM Data]  ||\
|| Settings controlling the drawing of OSM Data ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(layer/gpx_small,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/GPXPreference GPS Points]  ||\
|| Settings controlling the drawing of GPS tracks ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/color,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/ColorPreference Colors]  ||\
|| Change [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Display#Colors colors] used in program dialogs and map paint styles ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/language,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/LanguagePreference Language]  ||\
|| Change the language of JOSM ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/connection,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Connection OSM-Server]  ||\
|| Connection Settings for the OSM-Server. With [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Connection#Authentication Authentication] and [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Connection#OverpassServer Overpass Server]. ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/proxy,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/ProxyPreference.java Proxy]  ||\
|| Configure whether to use a [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Connection#ProxySettings proxy] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/map,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Map Map Projection]  ||\
|| Settings for the map projection, with [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Map#MapProjection Map Projection] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(dialogs/mapstyle,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/MapPaintPreference Map Paint Styles]  ||\
|| [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Map#MapPaintStyles Map Paint Styles] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(dialogs/propertiesdialog,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/TaggingPresetPreference Tagging Presets]  ||\
|| [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Map#TaggingPresets Tagging Presets] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/backup,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/BackupPreference File backup]  ||\
|| Configure whether to create [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Map#FileBackup backup files] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/plugin,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Plugins Plugins]  ||\
|| Configure available plugins. With [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Plugins#Plugins Plugins] and [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Plugins#PluginUpdatePolicy Plugin update policy] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/toolbar,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Toolbar Toolbar Customization]  ||\
|| Customize the elements on the toolbar. ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/audio,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Audio Audio Settings]  ||\
|| Settings for the audio player and audio markers and also the Audio menu ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/shortcuts,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Shortcuts Keyboard Shortcuts]  ||\
|| Changing keyboard shortcuts manually. ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/validator,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Validator Data validator]  ||\
|| Setting for validator and list of checks it runs. With [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Validator#Tests Tests] and [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Validator#TagCheckerRules Tag checker rules] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/remotecontrol,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/RemoteControl Remote Control]  ||\
|| Settings for the remote control feature. ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/imagery,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Imagery Imagery Preferences] ||\
|| Modify the list of imagery sources displayed in the Imagery menu. With [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Imagery#Imageryproviders Imagery providers], [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Imagery#Settings Settings], [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Imagery#OffsetBooksmarks Offset bookmarks] and [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Imagery#Cache Cache] ||\
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||  [[JOSMImage(preferences/advanced,link=,36,middle)]]  ||\
||  [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Advanced Advanced Preferences]  ||\
|| Setting preferences entries directly. ''(only in [wikitr:/Help/ExpertMode Expert mode])'' ||

Additional registers and tabs may be added according to installed [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Plugins plugins].

=== Structure ===
||  **[#Intro Registers]**  ||\
||  **[#Intro Tabs]**  ||\
||  Option groups  ||
|||||| [[Image(PreferencesDialog2021.png,width=600,link=)]] ||
||  [wikitr:/Help/ExpertMode Expert Mode]  ||\
||  Register scrollbar  ||\
||  See **[wikitr:/Help/Action/Help F1]** request  ||

== See also ==
* [wikitr:/Help/Preferences Preferences Overview] 

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