Sidebar

The Sidebar can host several panels on the right hand side of the interface.

To activate a panel

• click on its icon in the lower part of the Edit Toolbar on the left side of JOSM
• click on its menu item in the main menu Windows
• by searching its name with Search menu items (Ctrl+Space) in main menu Help
• by its keyboard shortcut (see table below)

Panel pinning

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

Header buttons for each panel when it's pinned

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

Panels

Icon	Name	Shortcut	Description
	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 List.
	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 panel
	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 panel)

More panels may appear if plugins are installed.

OS specific window management for unpinned panels

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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