Changes between Version 19 and Version 20 of Help/Dialog/LayerList

Timestamp:

2011-05-03T03:28:47+02:00 (15 years ago)

Author:

skyper

Comment:

more adds

Help/Dialog/LayerList

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-[[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page is out of date. There are new buttons with new functions.)]]
+[[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page is out of date. The info buttons is only show in right-click menu. The validator layer is not explained.)]]
 = Layer List Dialog =
 
 [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/layerlist.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut'': '''{{{Alt+L}}}'''
 
-'''List of currently loaded layers.'''[[BR]]
+'''List of currently loaded layers.'''
+
+== Showing and Hiding the Layer List Dialog Window ==
+ * Show or hide the Layer List Dialog Window by clicking on [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/layerlist.png,20)]] in the tool palette on the left of the JOSM main window. 
+ * Show the Layer List Dialog Window by pressing '''{{{Alt+L}}}'''. 
+
+== Layer types ==
+
 There are different types of layers. Each has a Context Menu accessed from the right mouse button which provides operations on the layer.
 
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  * [[Image(source:/trunk/images/imagery_small.png)]] WMS Layer [wiki:/Help/Menu/Imagery (menu)]: backgrounds retrieved from a WMS server. You will usually need the appropriate plugins installed to get these. Examples are Landsat satellite imagery, Yahoo satellite imagery, NPE out-of-copyright Ordnance Survey maps and OpenStreetMap map tiles.
  * [[Image(source:/trunk/images/layer/validator_small.png)]] Validator Layer 
+
 
 The Layer List Dialog also has several buttons beneath it (and context menu entries) which operate on the selected layer:
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 == Activate Layer == #ActivateLayer
-[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/activate.png)]] 
+[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/activate.png)]] '''Activate''' activates the selected layer.
+ It is only possible to edit in an active Data layer.
 
 == Show/Hide Layer == #ShowHideLayer
-[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/showhide.png)]] Show/Hide turns visibility of selected layers on or off.
+[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/showhide.png)]] '''Show/Hide''' turns visibility of selected layers on or off.
  The layer are unchanged when hidden, but their contents are not shown.
 
 == Adjust Opacity == #OpacityLayer
-[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/layerlist/transparency.png)]]
+[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/layerlist/transparency.png)]] '''Opacity''' , once clicked on, offers a bar to adjust the opacity of selected layers in percent. Another click hides the bar again. 
 
 == Merge Layer == #MergeLayer
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 == Duplicate Layer == #DuplicateLayer
-[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/duplicatelayer.png)]] 
+[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/duplicatelayer.png)]] '''Duplicate''' creates a copy of selected layer.
 
 == Delete Layer == #DeleteLayer