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    2 = Select, Move, and Rotate Objects =
     2[[PageOutline(2-10,Table of Contents)]]
    33
    4 This tool has three possible modes
     4= Select mode =
    55
    6 ''Keyboard shortcut:'' S
     6[[JOSMImage(mapmode/move/move,link=,48,middle,margin-right=20)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **`S`** (press `S` again to toggle between [[JOSMImage(mapmode/rope)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/LassoMode Lasso mode] and this Select mode) — is one of the [wikitr:/Help/Menu/Mode#Workingmode working modes]
    77
    8 == Select tool ==
     8**[#Selecttool Select], [#Move move], [#Scale scale] and [#Rotate rotate] [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects].** \\
     9Despite its name this mode provides some actions. \\
     10The only difference between Select mode and [[JOSMImage(mapmode/rope)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/LassoMode Lasso mode] is the area selection mode. All other selection modes and actions are identical.
    911
    10 This MapMode enables the user to easy make a selection of different objects.
     12== Select mode == #Selecttool
     13This mode is to change the selection of [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] on the map.
    1114
    12 The selected objects are drawn in a different style.
     15The selected objects are drawn in a different style (red color by default); depending on [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Display preferences] and the [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/MapPaint active styles]. They are listed in the [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selection list].
    1316
    14 Holding and dragging the left mouse button draws a selection rectangle.
    15 When the left mouse button is released, all objects within the rectangle get
    16 selected.
     17The cursor icon will also change depending on the selection mode.
    1718
    18 When the left mouse button is released while the right mouse button pressed,
    19 nothing happens (the selection rectangle will be cleared, however).
    20 
    21 When the mouse button is released and one of the following keys is held:
    22 
    23  * alt-key: select all objects that are touched by the selection rectangle. If the alt key is not held, select only those objects completly within (e.g. for ways mean: only if all nodes of the way are within).
    24 
    25  * shift-key: the objects are added to the current selection. If Shift key is not held, the current selection get replaced.
    26 
    27  * ctrl-key: remove all objects under the current rectangle from the active selection (if there were any). Nothing is added to the current selection.
    28 
    29 Alt can be combined with Ctrl or Shift.
    30 
    31 The user can also only click on the map. All total movements of 2 or less
    32 pixel are considered "only click". If that happens, the nearest Node will
    33 be selected if there is any within 10 pixel range. If there is no Node within
    34 10 pixel, the nearest Way within 10 pixel range is selected. If there is no Way within 10 pixel
    35 and the user clicked in or 10 pixel away from an area, this area is selected.
    36 If there is even no area, nothing is selected. Shift and Ctrl key applies to
    37 this as usual.
    38 
    39 This tool has two different modes. Pressing shift-m toggles between the different modes.
    40 
    41 === Unselecting ===
    42 
    43 To unselect everything you can either click on an empty area of the screen, or press 'U' on the keyboard.
    44 
    45 If you have more than one item selected, and just want to deselect one particular item, them click it with the 'Setect tool' while holding down the CTRL key.
     19=== Select the single object === #Selectsingle
     20The cursor changes depending on the object. In the table below, the icon on the top is the default, the icon(s) in the middle for a [[JOSMImage(data/node)]] node and the icon(s) on the bottom for a [[JOSMImage(data/way)]] way.
     21||= **Name** =||= **Activation steps** =||= **Cursor** =||= **Description** =||
     22|| **Select** ||  **`Left mouse click`**  ||  [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/selection)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_node)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_way)]]  || Select a node or way under mouse cursor. More precisely, ''previously selected object(s)'' will be **replaced** with new object and displayed in [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selection list]. ||
     23|| **Add** ||  **`Shift + Left mouse click`**  ||  [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_add)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_node_add)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_way_add)]]  || Add a node or way under mouse cursor to the selection. ||
     24|| **Toggle** ||  **`Ctrl + Left mouse click`** (Windows/Linux) \\ **`Cmd + Left mouse click`** (Mac)  ||  [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_remove)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_node_add)]] [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_node_remove)]] \\ [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_way_add)]] [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_way_remove)]]  || The selection of a node or way will be **toggled**. More precisely, previously unselected object will be added to the selection and previously selected object will be removed from the selection. ||
     25|| **Select surrounding** ||  **`Double left mouse click`**  ||  ''default''  || Select the surrounding object ([[JOSMImage(data/closedway)]] [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object#Areas area] or [[JOSMImage(data/multipolygon)]] [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object#Relations multipolygon]). \\ \\ Can be used in combination with `Shift` or `Ctrl` but `Ctrl` only removes the surrounding object from the selection in this use case. ||
    4626
    4727
     28==== Cycle in dense or overlapping objects ====
     29Cursor: none
    4830
    49 === selecting particular ways ===
     31Activation steps:
     32* `Middle mouse click` to cycle objects with small pop-up (see also some information about middle click on [wikitr:/Shortcuts#MacOS Mac OS]).
     33* `Left mouse click` while holding the `Alt` (or `AltGr`) key to cycle through nearby objects **without showing a pop-up window**.
    5034
    51 For help on selecting a certain way which shares common nodes with one or more other ways see [wiki:HowTo here].
     35This is useful when:
    5236
    53 == Move ==
     37* certain way which **shares common nodes** with one or more other ways
     38* multiple **objects overlap**
     39* multiple **objects very close to each other**
     40* selecting between multiple nodes if they appear as single node (multiple dots appear as one)
    5441
    55 Once the move tool is selected you can move items in the main window, by moving the mouse cursor close to the item, then left clicking while dragging the mouse.
     42Action: it will show a pop-up window of nearby objects and to cycle through them. To make this type of selection the default, and thus not require the use of the **`Alt`** key, change the [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preference] `selectaction.cycles.multiple.matches` to true. Holding `Ctrl` (Windows/Linux) or `Cmd` (Mac) afterwards to directly select an object.
    5643
    57 If the mouse cursor is near a node when performing the move action, the just one node is moved.  If you move a node very close to another node and hold the CTRL key when releasing the left mouse button the moved node will be merged with the other node.
     44=== Selection rectangle === #Selectrectangle
    5845
    59 If the mouse cursor is near a way when performing the move action, then the way, together with its associated nodes, is moved.
     46==== Select multiple objects using selection rectangle ====
     47Cursor: [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/selection)]]
    6048
    61 == Rotate ==
     49Activation steps: hold and drag the `Left mouse button` around objects
    6250
    63 If a way is selected  and whilst the cursor is near that way you hold down the SHIFT + CTRL + left mouse button and move the cursor you can rotate the way.
     51Actions:
     52* Release the `Left mouse button` - to select all [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] within the rectangle, more precisely:
     53 * all nodes within the rectangle and
     54 * any ways which are **entirely within the rectangle** will be selected
     55 * ''previously selected object(s)'' will be **replaced with new object(s)** and displayed in [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList selection list panel]
     56* Hold the `Right mouse button` when releasing the left mouse button - cancel the selection rectangle
    6457
    65 Back to [wiki:Help Main Help]
     58==== Hold right mouse to move rectangle ====
     59You can move defined rectangle as many times as you want: simply hold right mouse button and move mouse cursor around.
     60
     61Pay attention that in order to select elements, you should release right mouse button first, then left mouse button.
     62
     63==== Modifiers ==== #Modifiers
     64When the mouse button is released and either **`Alt`**, **`Shift`**, **`Ctrl`** or **`Cmd`** is held, action will change:
     65
     66||= **Name** =||= **Key** =||= **Cursor** =||= **Description** =||
     67|| **Extended way selection** ||  **`Alt`**  ||  ''default''  || In addition to the normal behavior, select all ways that have at least one node within selection rectangle ||
     68|| **Add** ||  **`Shift`**  ||  [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_add)]]  || The [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] are added to the current selection ||
     69|| **Unselect** ||  **`Ctrl`** (Windows/Linux) or **`Cmd`** (Mac) ||  [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/select_remove)]]  || Remove all [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object objects] in current rectangle from selection (if there were any). \\Nothing is added to the current selection. ||
     70
     71* `Alt` can be combined with `Shift`
     72* `Alt` can't be combined with `Ctrl` or `Cmd` - as this is used for the **scale** command described [#Scale below]
     73* `Ctrl` or `Cmd` combined with `Shift` makes no sense
     74
     75=== Unselect all ===
     76You can unselect all by:
     77* `Esc` key **or**
     78* `Left mouse click` into empty map area **or**
     79* [wikitr:/Help/Action/UnselectAll Selection > Unselect All]
     80
     81== Move == #Move
     82You can move the whole selection by moving the pointer close to a selected object, click and drag the pointer.
     83
     84Moving is also possible with **`Shift + Arrow keys`**.
     85
     86[[JOSMImage(mapmode/improvewayaccuracy)]] [wikitr:/Help/Action/ImproveWayAccuracy Improve Way Accuracy] - over time many mappers switch to this tools instead of manually selecting-and-moving each node
     87
     88=== Aligned move of selection ===
     89If the last-added way in the selection consists of exactly two nodes, then the whole move can be aligned to its direction by pressing and holding `Ctrl` (Windows/Linux) or `Cmd` (Mac) while dragging.
     90
     91After mousebutton-down you can toggle `Ctrl` (resp. `Cmd`) arbitrarily often to switch between free and aligned move. The constrain offers four directions defined by the last-selected way (move within its direction, against it, and 90° rotations of these; vaguely comparable to the cardinal directions of a compass). To end an aligned move, it is recommended to release the mouse button before keyboard modifier key.
     92
     93=== Drag a Midpoint creates New Node ===
     94Activation steps: ''clicking and dragging'' a yellow cross in the middle of a segment; at any point in time, there N mid points to drag where N is number of segments.
     95
     96Action: will insert a new node at the location of the cross
     97
     98== Merge nodes == #Mergenodes
     99Cursor: [[JOSMImage(cursor/modifier/joinnode)]]
     100
     101Activation steps: hold down `Ctrl` (Windows/Linux) or `Cmd` (Mac) and drag one selected node onto an unselected one
     102
     103Action: merge selected nodes with another; internally it will simply use [wikitr:/Help/Action/MergeNodes Merge Nodes] - please read more details there.
     104
     105== Rotate == #Rotate
     106Cursor: [[JOSMImage(cursor/rotate)]]
     107
     108Activation steps: `Shift + Ctrl + left mouse button` (Windows/Linux) or `Shift + Cmd + left mouse button` (Mac) and moving mouse up and down
     109
     110Action: rotate selected nodes and ways around their geometrical center.
     111
     112The rotation angle is displayed in the [wikitr:/Help/StatusBar Status Bar].
     113
     114Rotation at defined angles is possible via the [osmwiki:JOSM/Plugins/ShapeTools ShapeTools Plugin].
     115
     116== Scale == #Scale
     117Cursor: [[JOSMImage(cursor/scale)]]
     118
     119Activation steps: `Ctrl + Alt + left mouse button` (Windows/Linux) or `Cmd + Alt + left mouse button` (Mac) and moving mouse up and down
     120
     121Action:
     122* scale selected nodes and ways around their geometrical center. Proportions will be kept.
     123* if used only on 2 nodes, it will move them from or to their mid point (depending on mouse move)
     124
     125The scaling factor is displayed in the [wikitr:/Help/StatusBar Status Bar].
     126
     127== Advanced details ==#Advanceddetails
     128Whether a mouse action is considered a selection or a move depends on some settings, to prevent objects from being moved when a simple selection was intended; this is particularly important on devices such as tablets that are touch sensitive or use a stylus.
     129If the pointer is moved between pressing and releasing the left mouse button, the object will only be moved if the pointer moved more than 5 pixels or was held down for more than 0.2 seconds, otherwise the object will simply be selected.
     130These two settings can be changed with the [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preferences] `edit.initial-move-threshold` (pixels) and `edit.initial-move-delay` (milliseconds).
     131
     132== See also ==
     133* [wikitr:/Shortcuts#Altkey] - if `Alt` doesn't work
     134* [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2] contains additional selection functionality
     135
     136----
     137Back to [wikitr:/Help/Menu/Mode Mode menu] \\
     138Back to [wikitr:/Help Main Help]