Tools menu

The Tools menu offers actions to add objects and manipulate the Selection from the JOSM program core. Tools from plugins can usually be found in the More Tools menu or in the Data menu instead.

Standard menu items

Icon	Name	Keyboard Shortcut	Description
	Split Way	P	Split a way at the selected nodes
	Combine Way	C	Combine several ways into one
	Reverse Ways	R	Reverse the direction of all selected ways
	Simplify Way	Shift+Y	Delete unnecessary nodes from a way
	Align Nodes in Circle	O	Move the selected nodes into a circle
	Align Nodes in Line	L	Move the selected nodes into a line
	Distribute Nodes	Shift+B	Distribute the selected nodes to equal distance along a line
	Orthogonalize Shape	Q	Move nodes that all angles are 90 or 180 degrees
	Mirror	Shift+M	Mirror selected nodes and ways (expert mode only)
	Follow Line	F	Continues drawing a line that shares nodes with another line (expert mode only)
	Add Node ...	Shift+D	Add a node by entering latitude and longitude (expert mode only)
	Move Node ...		Move a node by entering latitude and longitude (expert mode only)
	Create Circle	Shift+O	Create a circle from three selected nodes
	Merge Nodes	M	Merges the currently selected nodes into one node
	Join Node to Way	J	Join nearby way segments with the selected nodes.
	Move Node onto Way	N	Move the selected nodes and connect them with all nearby ways.
	Disconnect Node from Way	Alt+J	Disconnect selected nodes from a way they currently belong to
	Unglue Ways	G	Duplicate the nodes that are used by multiple ways
	Join overlapping Areas	Shift+J	Join areas that overlapping each other
	Create Multipolygon	Ctrl+B	Create multipolygon
	Update Multipolygon	Ctrl+Shift+B	Move tags from outer way to the multipolygon

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