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Select, Move, and Rotate Objects

Keyboard shortcut: S

This tool has four possible modes:

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Select tool

This MapMode enables the user to easy make a selection of different objects.

The selected objects are drawn in a different style.

Holding and dragging the left mouse button draws a selection rectangle. When the left mouse button is released, all objects within the rectangle get selected.

When the left mouse button is released while the right mouse button pressed, nothing happens (the selection rectangle will be cleared, however).

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

• Alt : select all objects that are touched by the selection rectangle.
  • If the Alt is not held, select only those objects completly within (e.g. for ways this means: only if all nodes of the way are within).
• Shift : the objects are added to the current selection.
  • If Shift is not held, the current selection get replaced.
• Ctrl : remove all 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 Ctrl or Shift.

The user can also only click on the map. All total movements of 2 or less pixel are considered "only click". If that happens, the nearest node will be selected if there is any within 10 pixel range. If there is no node within 10 pixel, the nearest way within 10 pixel range is selected. If there is no way within 10 pixel and the user clicked in or 10 pixel away from an area, this area is selected. If there is even no area, nothing is selected. Shift and Ctrl apply to this as usual.

This tool has two different modes. Pressing Shift-M toggles between the different modes.

Unselecting

To unselect everything you can either click on an empty area of the screen, or press U or Esc on the keyboard.

If you have more than one object selected, and just want to deselect one particular object, them click it with the 'Setect tool' while holding down Ctrl.

selecting particular ways

For help on selecting a certain way which shares common nodes with one or more other ways see here.

Move

You can move selected objects 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 the way, together with its associated nodes, is moved.

Rotate

You can rotate selected ways while the cursor is near one of them by holding down the Shift+Ctrl + left mouse button and moving the cursor.

Scale

You can scale selected ways while the cursor is near one of them by holding down the Ctrl+Alt + left mouse button and moving the cursor.

Merge nodes

You can merge a selected node with another one by holding down the Ctrl and dragging the selected node onto the other one.

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