Windows

To activate a window

• click on its icon in the lower part of the Edit Toolbar on the left side of JOSM
• click on its menu item under "Windows" in the main menu
• by searching its name (in Ctrl+Spacebar menu)
• by its keyboard shortcut (see table below)

Window pinning

• To pin a separated window: Click the ordinary close button
• To unpin a window: press pin icon

Header buttons for each window when it's pinned

• The black, downheaded arrow head rolls the window up and the black, rightheaded arrow head respectively rolls it out.
• The eye symbol switches dynamic buttons on and off.
• The pin icon unpins the window (e.g. opens it in a separate window). Note: non-standard icons will disappear in this mode
• The cross closes the window.

Windows

Icon	Name	Shortcut	Description
	Changeset Manager	Ctrl+Alt+C	Extended manager for changesets (main menu "windows" only) (expert mode only)
	Layers	Alt+Shift+L	List of all open layers. Note that it contains different menus for the different layer types.
	Tags/Memberships	Alt+Shift+P	Tags and memberships of selected objects.
	Selection	Alt+Shift+C	Selection window.
	Relations	Alt+Shift+R	List of all relations.
	Mini Map		Displays a minimap for better overview of the currently displayed area in the Map View.
	Command Stack	Alt+Shift+O	List of all commands (undo buffer)
	Authors	Alt+Shift+A	List of Authors of selected objects
	Conflicts	Alt+Shift+C	List of unsolved conflicts.
	Validator	Alt+Shift+V	Validator window
	Filter	Alt+Shift+F	Filter objects and disable (or optionally hide) them.
	Changeset List		Changeset List (expert mode only)
	Map Style	Alt+Shift+M	Configure the map painting style.
	Notes		List of OSM notes
	Geotagged Images	Y	(only if photos are loaded; defaults to open as unpinned window)
	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons

There might be more buttons depending on the loaded plugins, e.g. Mapillary Main Dialog, Mapillary History Dialog or Mapillary Filter Dialog.

OS specific window management for unpinned windows

Microsoft Windows

• ​Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is used by default
  • 2*2 tiles
  • ​Default shortcuts
  • ​more alternative ways
• bug.n ​Github recommended as open source alternative
• AquaSnap ​nurgo-software.com is recommended as non-free, priced alternative

MacOS

• Spectacle ​Spectacle open source alternative
  • 2*2 tiles
  • ​Shortcuts
• Moom from Many Tricks (10$ in app store)
• ​others

Linux

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

• Uses Compiz
  • 2*2 tiles
  • Default shortcuts ​under "Window Placement" section

Others

• ​Gnome shortcuts
• ​Comparison of tiling window managers at Arch wiki

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