Edit Toolbar

The Edit toolbar has two parts. These allow

• to enter a Working mode⤓ and
• to show or hide each panel⤓ inside the Sidebar.

The toolbar and its buttons can be hidden⤓.

Working modes

The effect of a mouse click in the Map View is determined by the Working mode. Therefore JOSM is in a specific Working mode at all times.

Usually a Working mode is entered with its keyboard shortcut. Additionally the Edit toolbar buttons allow entering a Working mode.

Individual mouse pointer icons indicate which working mode has been entered. Further information is also shown at the right hand side of the Status bar.

Button	Name	Shortcut	Description
	Select mode (rect.) Select mode (Lasso)	S	Select objects to move, rotate and scale them. Press S again to switch the catch area between rectangular dragged or freely drawn.
	Draw mode	A	Draw nodes and ways. Press A again for Angle snapping
	Zoom mode		Zoom with a rectangle
	Delete mode	Ctrl₊Delete	Delete objects or way segments
	Parallel mode	Shift₊P	Creates parallel copy of ways
	Extrude mode	X	Create and edit way segments by extrusion
	Improve Way Accuracy mode	W	Improve geometry of ways
		Customize the buttons in this part of the Edit toolbar

Only three mode buttons are initially shown. This can be changed by customizing the Edit toolbar and additionally by enabling Expert view.

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.

Panel

In the lower part of the Edit toolbar are the buttons to show or hide each single panel in the Side bar ToggleDialog.

Context menu

The edit toolbar is usually visible at the left side of JOSMs interface but it can be hidden.

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

Text	Description
Hide this button	Buttons can be restored with the button at the bottom of its section in the edit toolbar.
Hide edit toolbar	Hides the edit toolbar. It can be restored via the View menu.
Do not hide toolbar	If checked, the keystroke TAB will not toggle the edit toolbar.

See also

• Tools menu

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