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= Notes Dialog =

[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_open.png,middle,margin-right=20)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:''''' {{{none yet}}}''' — one of the [Help/ToggleDialogs#Toactivateawindow JOSM windows]

This dialog presents a list of [osmwiki:Notes OSM notes] and allows to create new, comment, close or reopen notes. These notes can also be edited on the main page [http://www.osm.org osm.org] (right toolbar).

[[Image(notesdialog.png)]]

== Downloading notes ==
There are different possibilities:
* Use the "Notes" checkbox in the [[Help/Action/Download|download dialog]].
* Use the "Download notes in current view" button of this Dialog
* Search for a Note via the [wiki:Help/Menu/File File menu] → [[Image(source:/trunk/images/note_search.png)]] [wiki:Help/Action/SearchNotesDownload Search Notes...]
* Use File menu → [[Image(source:/trunk/images/openlocation.png)]] [wiki:Help/Action/OpenLocation Open Location...] and enter a special URL or simply paste (CTRL+V) the special URL into the JOSM [wiki:Help/MapView Map View].
* Use File menu → [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_open.png)]] [wiki:Help/Action/DownloadNotesInView Download notes in current view]
* (Downloading via [wiki:Help/Preferences/RemoteControl remote control] on osm.org is not yet working, see #11367 and [https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/957 github issue])

== Features ==

||= Icon =||= Name =||= Description =||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/download.png)]]  || Download notes in current view ||  ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_new.png)]]  || Create a new note ||  ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_comment.png)]]  || Add comment || Add a comment to an open note. ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_closed.png)]]  || Close note ||  ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/notes/note_open.png)]]  || Reopen note ||  ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/sort.png)]]  || Sort notes || You can sort the notes in the dialog by state (open, closed, new), username, created date or last change date. ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/help/internet.png)]]  || Open the note in an external browser || Opens the selected note in your defaut web browser. Alternatively you can use [wiki:Help/Action/InfoAboutElementsWeb Advanced info (web)] from the View menu. ||
||  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/upload.png)]]  || Upload note changes to server || After you created a note or made changes to existing notes, the changes are not uploaded automatically. You need to press this button. If you try to delete the Notes layer or close JOSM with not yet uploaded note changes, JOSM will ask, if you want to upload the changes. ||
||  || (left click) || A left click on a notes symbol in the map view or on a list entry in the Notes Dialog Window opens the note's content in a tooltip in the map area
||  || '''{{{Ctrl+C}}}''' || Select a note in the Notes Dialog and press '''{{{Ctrl+C}}}''' to copy the ID of the note and the text of the first comment to the clipboard. (A more usable way is to select and copy text directly in the notes tooltip.) ||

== Advanced Preferences ==

There are some advanced settings for notes. To change them first download some notes and then go to the [[Help/Preferences/Advanced|advanced preference]] and search for the following keys:

* `osm.notes.daysClosed`: you can specify how long (in days) the notes should still be downloaded after they were closed. The default value is `7` (You can set this value also under [wiki:Help/Preferences/Connection Connection Preferences].)
 * set a number > 0 to set the days (e.g. `10` means a note which was closed 10 days ago will be downloaded, a note which was closed 11 days ago will not)
 * set it to `0`, to download only open notes
 * set it to `-1`, to download all created notes ever (of course only in the selected area and limited to the maximum download limit, see below)
* `osm.notes.downloadLimit`: you can specify the maximum number of downloaded notes. The default value is `1000`. The maximum value is `10000`. There is a warning displayed if you reach the limit.

== See also ==
* [Help/Action/AutoSave Autosave] - restores unsaved Notes layers in case of a JOSM crash.
* [http://ksmapper.blogspot.de/2015/02/a-note-about-josm.html A description, how-to enable/use (with many screenshots) and plans from the main developer] (February 2015)

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