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List below contains mosty/only unreplaceable tools with preference to core JOSM tools.

They are grouped per function rather than per plug-in or Main menu.
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[wikitr:/Help/Action/SearchMenuItems Search menu items] - search among all JOSM tools and menu items (`Ctrl+Spacebar`)

=== Basic shape of objects ===
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Select Select, move and rotate] tools - you only need subset of tools from this list
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/DrawBuilding Draw a rectangular stub] - optionally aligned along by other objects
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/FastDrawingMode FastDraw] - useful with natural objects;
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Extrude Extrude], [wikitr:/Help/Action/Draw/AngleSnap Angle snapping], [osmwiki:JOSM/Plugins/CommandLine#Usage Spline or Bezier ''from commandline plugin''] - mostly for man made objects
* both [wikitr:/Help/Action/Draw Draw nodes mode] and [wikitr:/Help/Action/ImproveWayAccuracy Improve Way Accuracy mode] - have their followers and use cases
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Paste Paste previously copied objects] - not only tags but also their geometries

=== Selection ===
Selection (or list of currently selected objects) is precisely described in [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/SelectionList#Selection Selection list panel] (because it is visible from this panel), it can be modified with following tools (incomplete list):
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Select#Selecttool Select objects] - contains many modifiers, including [wikitr:/Help/Action/LassoMode lasso mode]
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Search Search] - a very powerful tool and a query language with [wikitr:/Help/Action/Search#Keywords over 28 keywords] and flexible operators to combine them in flexible manner. Not to mention regex and [wikitr:/Help/Styles/MapCSSImplementation mapcss] filters.
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/TaggingPresetSearchPrimitive Search objects by preset] (`Shift+F3`)
* [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2#Selection UtilsPlugin2 selection] - multiple selection focused tools ''from UtilsPlugin2''
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/SelectNonBranchingWaySequences Select non branching way sequences] - useful when editing highways, railways, rivers, power networks and networks in general
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/SelectAll Select all] is more useful after you download precise list of objects

=== Tags === 
Tags of currently selected objects displayed in [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/TagsMembership Tags/Memberships panel].
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Copy Copy] - copy selected objects to the buffer
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/PasteTags Paste Tags] - paste previously copied tags 
* Tag multiple objects (from [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2]) - Tabular editor (`Ctrl+T`)
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/CopyTagsPreviousSelection Paste Tags from previous selection] (from [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2]) - Paste tags from previous selected objects (not the clipboard)  (`Shift+R`)
* Standard [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/AddValue Add tag] (`Alt+A`) dialog provides 5 shortcuts to 5 last used tags without closing this dialog

=== Topology tools and changes ===
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/MergeNodes Merge Nodes] - merge two or more points
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/UnGlue UnGlue Ways] - explode single point into multiple
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/MoveNodeWay Move Node into Way] - join point into a way segment
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/DisconnectNodeWay Disconnect Node from Way] - opposite of above, disconnect a node from a way segment
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/AddNodeIntersection Add nodes at intersections] (from [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2]) - will create nodes at places where current selections intersects (or self intersects) (`Shift+I`)
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/SplitObject Split Object] (from [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/UtilsPlugin2 UtilsPlugin2]) - Split an object at selected nodes (`Alt+X`)
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/SplitWay Split way] - split way by a node
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/CombineWay Combine Way] - combine several selected ways in one (`C`)
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/JoinAreas Join overlapping areas]
* [wikitr:/Help/Plugin/ContourMerge Contourmerge] mode can used to glue complex parts that would require too many ''Merges'' otherwise; it could also used to partially or completely replace geometry of one object with partial or a complete geometry of other object

=== Geometry tools ===
==== Precision in angles ====
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Draw#Anglesnapping Anglesnapping] will ease drawing way segments in 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° degrees
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Extrude#Basicusage Extrude] mode will ease drawing of strictly perpendicular segments

==== Alignment ====
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/AlignInLine Align Nodes in Line] will align selected nodes into a line
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/DistributeNodes Distribute Nodes] as above, but also place them at equal distances
* "Copy" objects at precise anchor points ''from [osmwiki:JOSM/Plugins/CommandLine commandline]''
* "Move" objects at custom vector ''from [osmwiki:JOSM/Plugins/CommandLine commandline]''
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/AlignInCircle Align selected nodes in circle]

===== Parallel =====
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Parallel Parallel], draw lines and curves parallel to each other, draw nested infrastructure quickly
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Extrude#MovesegmentinparallelCtrl Extrude mode used on segments] - will move them in parallel, preserving angles when it is needed

==== Rotation ====
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/Select#Rotate Rotate objects] at user-defined angle (but exact angle is unknown)
* "ShapeTools" [wikitr:/Plugins plugin]:
 * Rotate object at predefined angle
 * Rotate objects (match building with road)
 * Rotate objects (match building with road, don't rotate more than epsilon)

=== Viewport control ===
* Explained at [wikitr:/Help/MapView Map view], [wikitr:/Help/Menu/View View menu] and [wikitr:/Help/Action/Zoom Zoom tool]
* [wikitr:/Help/Dialog/Minimap Minimap] panel
* [wikitr:/Help/Action/JumpToPosition Jump to Position]

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