The Edit Toolbar

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

Modes

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

Icon	JOSM core or plugin	Expert required?	Name of the mode	Activation steps	What actions can be performed
	JOSM core	no	Select	S to toggle from lasso tool	Move, rotate, scale and select objects
	JOSM core	no	Lasso	S to toggle from "Select mode"	select objects within a handdraw region
	JOSM core	no	Draw	A	Draw nodes and ways
	JOSM core	no	Angle snapping function in "Draw mode"	A A	Draw nodes and segments at precise angles
	JOSM core	no	Zoom	Z	Zoom with a rectangle
	JOSM core	yes	Delete	Ctrl+Delete	Delete nodes or ways or individual segments in a way
	JOSM core	yes	Parallel	Shift+P	Make parallel copy of ways
	JOSM core	yes	Extrude	X	Create areas by extrusion
	JOSM core	no	Improve Way Accuraccy	W	Optimized tool to improve geometry of ways
	JOSM core	no	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons in the edit toolbar
	FastDraw plugin		Fast drawing	Shift+F	Tracing forests, rivers, lakes, twisted roads etc. Without clicking A button or left mouse click too much.
	buildings_tools plugin		Draw building	B	Rectangular objects and/or basic shape of most man made objects.
	contourmerge plugin		Contourmerge	none	Merge and align the contours of areas

See also

• Basic questions about modes - if you had any.
• Menu Edit
• Menu Tools
• Toggle Dialogs
• Help/JOSM interface customization

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