ExtendedClipboard Plugin

Extended Clipboard Panel

keyboard shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+E

This panel can contain up to 10 distinct clipboards (per layer) to store and restore selections.

Usage

Select objects in the map view and press D or click on button to add those objects to the selected clipboard. To add the object to a new clipboard press Ctrl+Shift+D or hold Ctrl and click .

To reselect the objects of a clipboard, double click on the clipboard in the list. Alternatively select the clipboard or open the context menu for the clipboard and click on .

With the small triangle button within the button you can open a popup menu for selecting only nodes, ways or relations/members of the selected clipboard.

When hovering with the mouse above a clipboard in the list, all objects of that clipboard are highlighted in the map view.

The Extended Clipboard Panel can store up to 10 distinct clipboards (per layer). If 10 clipboards are already existing the clipboard at the bottom of the list will be deleted (the stored objects are lost for reselecting) when creating a new one.

Context menu

Icon	Name	Keyboard shortcut	Description and notes
	Remember clipboard name		Save the name of the clipboard. A saved clipboard name will be restored at startup (without the previous objects).
	Unremember clipboard name		The name of the clipboard will be forgotten, so that it will not be restored at startup.
	Add current selection to selected clipboard	D	Stores the current selection of objects in the selected clipboard. If no clipboard is selected, all of the objects currently selected are already stored in the selected clipboard or if Ctrl is held when clicking on this button a new clipboard is created and the current selection is stored in the newly created clipboard.
	Add current selection to new clipboard	Ctrl+Shift+D	Stores the current selection of objects in a newly created clipboard.
	Remove current selection from selected clipboard		Removes all currently selected objects that are stored in the selected clipboard.
	Clear selected clipboard		Removes all objects that are stored in the selected clipboard.
	Reverse order of objects of selected clipboard		Reverses the order of the objects of the selected clipboard. If Ctrl is held down when clicking of this button the reversed ordered objects will be stored in a new clipboard.
	Reverse order of objects of selected clipboard and add them to new clipboard		Reverses the order of the objects of the selected clipboard and stores them in a new clipboard.
	Restore selection of objects of the selected clipboard		All objects of the selected clipboard will be selected in JOSM.
	Select nodes		Select only the nodes of selected clipboard.
	Select ways		Select only the ways of selected clipboard.
	Select in relation list		Selects the relation in the relation panel
	Select relation		Selects the relation in the main map selection.
	Select members		Selects all members of the relation in main map selection.
	Create new clipboard		Creates a new, empty clipboard.
	Edit name of selected clipboard		Shows an input dialog to change the name of the selected clipboard.
	Delete selected clipboard		Deletes the selected clipboard (all objects stored are lost for reselection).

Node Template List Panel

keyboard shortcut: Alt+Ctrl+Shift+N

This panel can store templates for node creation/direct tagging of selected nodes and ways. The node templates are displayed in columns dependent on the available vertical space. By default a maximum of 3 columns is used. This can be configured in the preferences to up to 7 columns.

Usage

To add node templates select nodes/ways in the map view and click on the button or right click on the node template list and select Import node template from preset from the context menu to import a node template from a JOSM preset. The templates will be added to the list for each node that has at least one tag.

To create a new node from the template double click on a template or select it and click on the button. The new node is then stored inside the JOSM clipboard and can be added to the map view with Ctrl+V or by choosing Paste from the Edit menu. Alternatively tripple click on a node template or click on the button to directly paste the new node at the center of the map view, the node template will also be stored in the clipboard for further use.

By default the tags present for a node template will be added to the current selection in the map view, when clicking on a node template. Selecting a node template will also activate the auto tagging which will add the tags of the selected node template to each node/way (dependent on the node/way tagging set for the node template) that is going to be selected in the map view. By default the auto tagging is active for 10 seconds, each new selection resets the timer to it's start value. To stop auto tagging either click to deselect the checkbox Auto tag selection or press V on the keyboard.

The tagging by selecting node templates and the auto tagging on selection can be disabled in the preferences. To start auto tagging with timer, when it has been disabled for selecting node templates, left click 4 times or use Alt+Left Click on a node template. To start auto tagging without timer left click 5 times or use Alt+Shift+Left Click on a node template. If you want to activate auto tagging without timer for an already selected node template you can also Alt+Shift+Left Click on the checkbox Auto tag selection.

The node template list is saved for future JOSM sessions.

Context menu

	Import node template from preset	Imports a node template from a JOSM preset.
	Sort list alphabetically	Sorts the node templates alphabetically. (Separators will be removed.)
	Sort list manually	Opens dialog with buttons to sort the list entries.
	Insert separator	Inserts a separator above the selected list entry.
	Copy new node from selected template to JOSM clipboard	Create a new node from the selected node template and store it in the JOSM clipboard.
	Create new node from selected template and paste it directly into the map view	Create a new node from the selected node template, paste it into the map view and store it in the JOSM clipboard.
	Allow usage for ways on selection	If selected the node template will work for auto tagging and tagging on selecting the node template when the selected object is a way.
	Not for nodes	Disables the node template for use on nodes. The node template no longer can be pasted or copied into the clipboard.
	Only for untagged objects	The tags of the node template will only be added to objects that are still untagged.
	Select icon for selected node template from preset	Imports an icon for the selected node template from a JOSM preset.
	Edit selected node template	Shows an input dialog to change the name of the selected node template.
	Delete selected node template	Deletes the selected node template.

Edit node template

In the edit dialog the tags to be set for the node template can be changed. Additionally optional tags can be entered for Ctrl+Left click and Shift+Left click. Those respective tags will be set for the new created node when the Ctrl or Shift is pressed when clicking the left mouse button. This will also work for tagging with selection and auto tagging but will only work with Ctrl for drawing lines while auto tagging. If both keys are held while tagging with selection the optional tags currently present for the selected object will be removed.

Preferences

To change preferences left click on the preference icon in the Node Template List Panel title bar, a menu will open:

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