The Edit Toolbar

The buttons in the edit toolbar allow to choose different working modes for the map display. Each mode defines what results are caused by actions like clicking, dragging, selecting, ... on the map.

	Select mode	S	Move, rotate, scale and select objects
	Draw mode	A	Draw nodes
	Zoom mode	Z	Zoom and move the map
	Delete mode	D	Delete nodes or ways
	Parallel mode	Shift+P	Make parallel copy of ways
	Extrude mode	X	Create areas by extrusion
	Improve Way Accuraccy	I	Optimized tool to improve geometry of ways

• There might be more buttons depending on the loaded plugins.

• The button group below the map modes affect the display of dialog windows. These are described under Toggle Dialogs.

See also

• Menu Edit
• Menu Tools
• Toggle Dialogs

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