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= Select, Move and Rotate Objects =

[[Image(source:trunk/images/mapmode/move/move.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **{{{S}}}**

**This tool has four possible modes:**

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== Select tool ==

=== Hotkeys ===
|| Click || Selects one object. Click in an empty area and drag selects more objects.
|| Click || Clicking and dragging a red cross in the middle of a segment will insert a new node at the location of the cross.
|| Click-MiddleMouse || Cycle through the different objects under the mouse cursor (for duplicated nodes or ways sharing the same nodes). Holding "Ctrl" afterwards to directly select an object.
|| Shift-Click || Holding the "Shift" key when in ''select mode'' adds new element to existing selection.
|| Ctrl-Click || Holding the "Ctrl" key toggles element selection.
|| Ctrl-Area || Using area selection with "Ctrl" removes elements in area from selection.
|| Alt-Click || Cycle through the different objects under the mouse cursor (without popup).

This MapMode enables the user to make selections of different [Concepts/Object objects]. The selected objects are drawn in a different style, depending on [Help/Preferences/Display display preferences] and the [Help/Dialog/MapPaint active styles]. The cursor icon will also change depending on the selection mode.

==== for Mac users ====

(outdated steps?)

There's no button that works as a middle button like with unix. You can use the middle button with an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse Apple Mouse]. Connect Apple Mouse, Open System Preferences, click "Keyboard and Mouse" and configure the Ball button as "button 3". Then it can be used as the middle button. Note that you cannot configure other buttons as "button 3" with the Apple Driver. Maybe you can find a more useful mouse driver for this purpose.

=== Selecting single objects ===
**Left-click** to select the node [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node.png)]] or way [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way.png)]] nearest to the pointer. The node or way that would be selected is highlighted as a hint.

If multiple objects overlap or are very close to each other, there are several ways to select a specific object.
* **Middle-click** to show a pop-up window of nearby objects and to cycle through them.
* **Left-click** while holding the **{{{Alt}}}** (or **{{{AltGr}}}**) key to cycle through nearby objects without showing a pop-up window. To make this type of selection the default, and thus not require the use of the **{{{Alt}}}** key, change the [Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preference] {{{selectaction.cycles.multiple.matches}}} to true.

Hold the **{{{Shift}}}** key while **left-clicking** to add the node [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node_add.png)]] or way [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way_add.png)]] to the current selection. Hold the **{{{Ctrl}}}** key while **left-clicking** to toggle the selection of the object (if the object is already selected, remove it from the selection, otherwise add it to the selection).

**Double click** to select the surrounding area (closed way or multipolygon).

=== Selecting multiple objects ===
To select all objects, press **{{{Ctrl+A}}}**.

**Hold and drag the left mouse button** to draw a selection rectangle [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/selection.png)]].

* **Release** the left mouse button to select all [Concepts/Object objects] within the rectangle. All nodes within the rectangle and any ways which are entirely within the rectangle will be selected.
* To cancel the selection rectangle, **hold the right mouse button** when releasing the left mouse button.

When the mouse button is released and either **{{{Alt}}}**, **{{{Shift}}}** or **{{{Ctrl}}}** is held, following selection is made:

* **{{{Alt}}}** : in addition to the normal behavior, select all ways that have at least one node within selection rectangle.
* **{{{Shift}}}** [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_add.png)]]: the [Concepts/Object objects] are added to the current selection.
* **{{{Ctrl}}}** [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_remove.png)]]: remove all [Concepts/Object objects] under the current rectangle from the active selection (if there were any). Nothing is added to the current selection.

**{{{Alt}}}** can be combined with **{{{Shift}}}**, but cannot be combined with **{{{Ctrl}}}**, as this is used for the **[#Scale scale]** command.

=== Unselecting ===
To unselect everything you can either click on an empty area of the screen, or press **{{{Esc}}}** on the keyboard.

If you have more than one [Concepts/Object object] selected, and just want to unselect one particular **object**, then click it with the 'Select tool' while holding down **{{{Ctrl}}}** [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node_remove.png)]] [[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way_remove.png)]].

=== Selecting particular ways ===

For help on selecting a certain way which **shares common nodes** with one or more other ways see [wiki:/HowTo here].

== Move ==

You can move selected [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Nodes nodes] and [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [Concepts/Object#Ways ways] in the main window, by moving the mouse cursor close to one of the selected objects and then left clicking while dragging the mouse.
* If the mouse cursor is **near a node** when performing the move action, then **just this node** is moved.
 * If you move a node very close to another node and hold **{{{Ctrl}}}** when releasing the left mouse button the moved **node** will be merged with the other **node**.
* If the mouse cursor is **near a way** when performing the move action, then **this way**, together with its associated **nodes**, is moved.

Moving objects is also possible with **{{{shift + arrow keys}}}**.

=== Merge nodes ===
[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/joinnode.png,left,margin-right=20)]]

You can merge selected nodes with another one by holding down **{{{Ctrl}}}** and dragging one selected node onto the unselected one.

== Rotate ==
[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/rotate.png,left,margin-right=20)]]

You can rotate selected nodes and ways by holding down **{{{Shift+Ctrl}}}** + left mouse button and moving the cursor.

== Scale ==
[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/scale.png,left,margin-right=20)]]

You can scale selected nodes and ways by holding down **{{{Ctrl+Alt}}}** + left mouse button and moving the cursor.

== Cursors ==
The cursor changes to indicate what action will occur:

||=**Cursor**=||=**Action**=||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node.png)]]|| a node will be selected ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node_add.png)]]|| a node will be added to the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_node_remove.png)]]|| a node will be removed from the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way.png)]]|| a way will be selected ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way_add.png)]]|| a way will be added to the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_way_remove.png)]]|| a way will be removed from the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/selection.png)]]|| objects within the rectangle will be selected ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_add.png)]]|| objects within the rectangle will added to the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/select_remove.png)]]|| objects within the rectangle will removed from the current selection ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/modifier/joinnode.png)]]|| the selected nodes will be merged with the node near the pointer ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/rotate.png)]]|| [#Rotate rotate] the selected objects ||
||[[Image(source:trunk/images/cursor/scale.png)]]|| [#Scale scale] the selected objects ||

== Advanced details ==
Whether 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. If 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. These two settings can be changed with the [Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preferences] {{{edit.initial-move-threshold}}} (pixels) and {{{edit.initial-move-delay}}} (milliseconds).

== See also ==
* [wiki:Help/Action/LassoMode]
* [wiki:Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2] contains additional selection functionality

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