Tools menu

The Tools menu offers actions to add objects and manipulate the Selection from the JOSM program core.

Items

	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 (EV)
	Follow Line	F	Continues drawing a line that shares nodes with another line (EV)
	Add Node ...	Shift₊D	Add a node by entering latitude and longitude (EV)
	Move Node ...		Move a node by entering latitude and longitude (EV)
	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 the selected nodes from a way
	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

See also

• Some menu items are shown in Expert view (EV) only.

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