The Edit Toolbar

The buttons in the edit toolbar allow to choose different working modes for the map display. At any give point in time, can have only one mode active.

The whole left panel visibility can be toggled on and off in the main menu view, for more activation steps see Help/JOSM interface customization.

Modes

There might be more buttons depending on the loaded plugins and activated items.

Icon	JOSM core or plugin	Name of the mode	Activation steps	What actions can be performed
	JOSM core	Select	S to toggle from lasso tool	Move, rotate, scale and select objects
	JOSM core	Lasso	S to toggle from "Select mode"	select objects within a handdraw region
	JOSM core	Draw	A	Draw nodes and ways
	JOSM core	Angle snapping function in "Draw mode"	A A	Draw nodes and segments at precise angles
	JOSM core	Zoom	Z	Zoom with a rectangle
	JOSM core	Delete	Ctrl+Delete	Delete nodes or ways or individual segments in a way
	JOSM core	Parallel	Shift+P	Make parallel copy of ways
	JOSM core	Extrude	X	Create areas by extrusion
	JOSM core	Improve Way Accuraccy	W	Optimized tool to improve geometry of ways
	JOSM core	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons in the edit toolbar

• Not all modes are visible in normal JOSM user mode, however you can always customize the toolbar to your needs.
• 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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