[[TranslatedPages]]

= Selection window =
[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/selectionlist.png)]] ''keyboard shortcut'': '''{{{Shift+Alt+T}}}''' — one of the [Help/ToggleDialogs#Toactivateawindow JOSM windows]

'''This list shows the currently selected objects (nodes, ways, closed ways and relations).'''

== Selection ==
* Selection is independent [wiki:/Help/Dialog/LayerList per each layer]
 * Selection in ''other layers'' will be preserved after [wiki:/Help/Action/Search an unsuccessful search] - it is safe to change (or even erase) selection in one layer and expect to selection in other layer to kept
 * Selection in ''[wiki:Help/Dialog/LayerList#LayerButtons the active layer]'' '''will be empty''' after ''unsuccessful search''
* There at least 2 tools to recover history of last selected objects:
 * [#SmalltriangleinSelectbutton Small triangle in "Select" button from this page]
 * [Help/Action/Search#Fetchexternalfileandreplaceselection Special syntax in the search action] - selection based on list of objects save in the file
* Selection is ordered (internally, but you cannot control order except by re-selecting objects); practical use of it can be seen in [[Help/Action/MergeNodes]]
* This window has not 3, but [SelectionList#Controlbuttons 5 control elements in total]. Triangles are often overlooked at first, but provide a very powerful tools
* List of currently selected object(s) can be erased:
 * after {{{Left mouse click}}} on empty space in [Help/MapView viewport (main editing window)]
 * after using [Help/Action/Select one of many Deselection tools]
 * after running search query (explained above)
 * after {{{Espace}}} [Help/Action/UnselectAll tool]
* Items in ''Selection window'' can be selected (hold {{{Ctrl}}} and use left mouse click to select/deselect them)

=== Subselection ===

Items in selection can be "selected" again
 * Mouse click to select single object
 * Hold {{{Ctrl}}}
  * to select more than object
  * to remove subselection from items

Single node ''Spielemax'' subselected in screen below

[[Image(selection_dialog.png,nolink)]]

=== Context menu ===

* "Zoom to selection" - zoom to all items in selection
* "Zoom to selected elements" - zoom to objects from ''Selection window'' that were subselected ([[#Subselection]])
Items below apply only to relations
* "Select in relation list" - open [wiki:Help/Dialog/RelationList Relation list]
* "Edit" - open [wiki:Help/Dialog/RelationEditor Relation editor]
* "Download incomplete members"

[[Image(selection-context-menu-right-click-menu.png,nolink)]]

== Naming ==

* [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]]'''Nodes''' are shown with their names (likewise their OSM-ID) and their position in brackets.
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] '''Ways''' and [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/closedway.png)]] '''closed ways''' are shown with their names and if no name-tags exist with their main tag (eg highway, landuse, railway ...). If JOSM is not able to interpreted any tag the OSM-IDs are shown. The numbers of nodes the ways consist of are always shown in brackets.
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/relation.png)]] Relations are shown with their type and in brackets the name and the number of members.

== Control buttons ==

=== Select ===
[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,nolink)]] '''Select''' selects the objects currently selected in the selection list.[[BR]]


==== Small triangle in Select button ====

Small triangle [[Image(source:/trunk/images/svpDown.svg)]] within the [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,15)]] '''you can restore previous selections from a drop down list''':

[[Image(9900-en-selection-history.png,nolink)]]


=== Search ===

[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/search.png,nolink)]] '''Search''' feature: it allows a very sophisticated [wiki:/Help/Action/Search search]. 


==== Small triangle in Search button ====

Like ''Select'' the small triangle [[Image(source:/trunk/images/svpDown.svg)]] within the [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/search.png,15)]] '''Search''' button  also offers a drop down search '''list of previous search'''.

[[Image(9900-en-Search button-triangle.png,nolink)]]

[[Image(9900-en-Search button-triangle-autocomplete in search action.png,nolink)]]


=== History ===

[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/history.png,nolink)]] '''History''' opens the [wiki:Help/Action/ObjectHistory History Browser]

== See also ==
* [wiki:/Help/Action/Search Search].

----
Back to [wiki:/Help/ToggleDialogs Windows][[BR]]
Back to [wiki:Help Main Help]