The Edit Toolbar

The edit toolbar is placed at the left side of the JOSM Window and is splitted into two parts.

• The upper part allows to choose different working modes. There is always exactly one mode active.
• The lower part allows to enable/disable the windows on the right side. More information about these windows see ToggleDialogs.

Working modes

Click on a button or use the shortcut to activate its working mode.

Icon	Name	Shortcut	Description	Expert mode required?
	Select	S to toggle from lasso tool	Move, rotate, scale and select objects	no
	Lasso	S to toggle from "Select mode"	select objects within a handdraw region	no
	Draw	A	Draw nodes and ways. Press A again to enable/disable the Angle snapping function	no
	Zoom		Zoom with a rectangle	yes
	Delete	Ctrl+Delete	Delete nodes or ways	yes
	Parallel	Shift+P	Make parallel copy of ways	yes
	Extrude	X	Create areas by extrusion or move parts of areas	yes
	Improve Way Accuraccy	W	Optimized tool to improve geometry of ways	no
	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons in the edit toolbar	no

There might be more buttons depending on the installed plugins:

Icon	Name	Shortcut	Description
	​Align Ways mode	Shift+N	Make ways parallel
	measurement mode		Measure distances
	​edit gpx tracks		Delete trackpoints of gpx tracks
	​Contour Merge		Merge and align the contours of areas. More infos at Contour Merge.
	​Adjust photos		Move photos to adjust their geolocation
	​FastDrawing	Shift+F	Tracing forests, rivers, lakes, twisted roads etc. Without clicking A button or left mouse click too much. More infos at Fast drawing.
	​Draw Buldings	B	Rectangular objects and/or basic shape of most man made objects. More infos at Draw building.

Windows

see ToggleDialogs

Context menu

When you right click on an button in the edit toolbar, you get the following options:

Text	Description
Hide this button	Hides this button. It can be restored at the button.
Hide edit toolbar	Hides the edit toolbar. It can be restored via the View menu.
Do not hide toolbar	If checked, the edit toolbar will not disappear when pessing TAB.

See also

• Menu Edit
• Menu Tools
• Toggle Dialogs
• Help/JOSM interface customization

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