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= Selection Panel =
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[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/selectionlist.png,48,middle,margin-right=15)]] ''keyboard shortcut'': '''{{{Shift+Alt+T}}}''' — one of the [wikitr:/Help/ToggleDialogs#Toactivateawindow JOSM panels]

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

== Selection ==#Selection
* Selection is independent [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList per each layer]
 * Selection in ''other layers'' will be preserved after [wikitr:/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 ''[wikitr:/Help/Dialog/LayerList#LayerButtons the active layer]'' '''will be empty''' after ''unsuccessful search''
* There are at least 2 tools to recover history of last selected objects:
 * [#SmalltriangleinSelectbutton Small triangle in "Select" button from this page]
 * [wikitr:/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 [wikitr:/Help/Action/MergeNodes MergeNodes]
* This panel has not 3, but [#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 [wikitr:/Help/MapView viewport (main editing window)]
 * after using [wikitr:/Help/Action/Select one of many Deselection tools]
 * after running search query (explained above)
 * after {{{Escape}}} [wikitr:/Help/Action/UnselectAll tool]
* Items in ''Selection panel'' can be [#Subselection subselected]

=== Subselection ===#Subselection
Items in selection can be "selected" again (subselected)
 * Mouse click to subselect single object
 * Hold {{{Ctrl}}}
  * to subselect more than object
  * to remove subselection from objects

Single node ''Spielemax'' subselected in screen below

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

=== Context menu ===
||=Icon =||= Name =||= Description and notes =||
||   [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/autoscale/selection.png)]] ||  \
||   [wikitr:/Help/Action/ZoomToSelection Zoom to selection] ||  \
||Zoom the [wikitr:/Help/MapView Map view] so that only data which is currently selected is in view. ||
||   [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/autoscale/selection.png)]] ||  \
||   Zoom to selected elements ||  \
||Zoom the Map view so that only data which is currently chosen in the panel is in view. Zoom to [#Subselection subselection] ||

Items below apply only to relations:
||=Icon =||= Name =||= Description and notes =||
||   [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/edit.png)]] ||  \
||   Edit ||  \
||Opens a relation editor for each in the panel selected relation to edit the relations. ||
||   [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/delete.svg,24)]] ||  \
||   Delete ||  \
||Deletes the in the panel selected relations. ||
||||||||
||   [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/relationlist.png)]] ||  \
||   Select in relation list ||  \
||Selects the in the panel selected relations in the [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/RelationList relation panel] ||
||   [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,middle)]] ||  \
||   Select relation ||  \
||Sets the current selection to the in the panel selected relations. ||
||   [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,middle)]] ||  \
||   Select relation (add) ||  \
||Adds the in the panel selected relations to the selection. ||
||  [[Image(source:trunk/images/selectall.svg,middle)]] ||  \
||  Select members ||  \
||Sets the current selection to all members of the in the panelselected relations. ||
||  [[Image(source:trunk/images/selectall.svg,middle)]] ||  \
||  Select members (add) ||  \
||Adds the members of the in the panel selected relations to the selection. ||
||||||||
||  [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/downloadincomplete.png,middle)]] ||  \
||  Download members ||  \
||Downloads all members of the in the panel selected relations, except for new relations. ||
||  [[Image(source:trunk/images/dialogs/relation/downloadincompleteselected.png,middle)]] ||  \
||  Download incomplete members ||  \
||Downloads all incomplete members of the in the panel selected relations. ||
||||||||
||  [[Image(source:trunk/images/preferences/connection.png,24)]] ||  \
||  Open/View "link" \\ Search on ... \\ ([wikitr:/Help/Action/Tag2Link Tag2Link]) ||  \
||Optionally items to open websites corresponding to the tags of selected objects in the panel, like `website`, `url` or `wikidata`, in the external web browser ||


== Naming ==
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.svg,middle)]]'''Nodes''' are shown with their names (likewise their OSM-ID) and their position in brackets.
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.svg,middle)]] '''Ways''' and [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/closedway.svg,middle)]] '''closed ways''' are shown with their names and if no name-tags exist with their main tag (e.g. 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,middle)]] Relations are shown with their type and in brackets the name and the number of members.


== Panel buttons ==#Controlbuttons
=== Select ===
[[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,middle)]] '''Select''' selects the objects currently selected in the selection panel.[[BR]]

==== Small triangle in Select button ====#SmalltriangleinSelectbutton
With the small triangle [[Image(source:/trunk/images/svpDown.svg,middle)]] button within the [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/select.png,20,middle)]] **Select** button '''you can restore previous selections from a drop down list''':

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

Objects that were filtered out (by [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/Filter filters]) will be displayed as "Unselectable now".


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

==== Small triangle in Search button ====
Like ''Select'' the small triangle [[Image(source:/trunk/images/svpDown.svg,middle)]] button within the [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/search.png,20,middle)]] '''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,middle)]] '''History''' opens the [wikitr:/Help/Action/ObjectHistory History Browser]. For each [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList#Selection selected] [wikitr:/Help/Concepts/Object object] a separate window will open.


== Advanced Preferences ==
There are some advanced settings which can be changed in the [wikitr:/Help/Preferences/Advanced advanced preference]:

* `osm-primitives.showid`: set to `true`/`false` to display/hide the osm id of the object in the list
* `osm-primitives.showcoor`: set to `true`/`false` to display/hide the coordinates of the object in the list


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

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