Expert Mode

Some advanced settings and features are only visible when the expert mode is enabled. It is disabled by default to not drown new users in too much functions (which are often not yet needed in the beginng of editing with JOSM) and to protect him from doing unwanted things. (The expert mode is not a working mode.)

Activating the expert mode

It can be switched like this:

View > Expert Mode

or

Edit > Preferences... > Checkbox Expert mode at the bottom left.

Features that are hidden unless expert mode is enabled

The following features are only visible when the Expert mode is enabled. However some functions work also in non expert mode by using the associated keyboard shortcut. This list is probably incomplete.

• Actions:
  • Convert to GPX layer
  • Add selection to relation
  • resolve all selected conflicts to my/their versions in context menu of Conflict List Dialog
  • Encourage/Discourage Upload in Data layer context menu
  • "Sort the currently selected members and all members below" in the Relation Editor
  • MapView context menu > Get tile status
  • MapView context menu > Force tile rendering
• File menu:
  • Save Session As ...
  • Export to GPX ...
  • Download in current view
  • Close open changesets
• Edit menu:
  • Paste at source position
  • Purge
  • Copy Coordinates
• View menu:
  • Viewport Following
  • Jump To Position
• Tools menu:
  • Mirror
  • Follow Line
  • Add Node...
  • Move Node...
• Working modes:
  • Delete mode
  • Parallel way mode
  • Extrude mode
  • Zoom mode
• Toggle Dialogs:
  • Changeset List Dialog
• Windows:
  • Search > some functions and examples
  • Download > "Download from Overpass API" tab
  • Download > "Download from Wikosm API" tab
  • Download > "Zoom to downloaded data" check box
  • Open Location > "Zoom to downloaded data" check box
  • The reuse history window when using the Split way Action
• Preferences:
  • Display Settings > GPS Points - various options
  • Display Settings > OSM Data - Options that affect drawing performance
  • Display Settings > Look and Feel - some options
  • Map Settings > Map Projection - "Set as default" button
  • Advanced Preferences

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