Windows

To activate a window

• click on its icon on the lower left toggle (explained in Help#JOSMinterfaceoverview) and below at this page
• through the main menu "windows" (#Windows section at this page)
• by it's name (in Ctrl+Spacebar menu)
• by it's shortcut (see table below)

Window pinning

• To pin a window: press ordinary close button
• To unpin a window: press pin icon (see section below), unpinned windows are act as native in your system. There several ways to control them inside your system, but there even more alternatives (will be covered below).

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

There might be more buttons depending on the loaded plugins.

Icon	Name	Activation steps	Description and notes
	Changeset Manager	Ctrl+Alt+C	Extended manager for changesets (main menu "windows" 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 hide/disable them.
	Changeset List		Changeset List (expert mode only)
	Map Style	Alt+Shift+M	Configure the map painting style.
	Notes		List of OSM notes
	Photo	Y	(only if photos are loaded; defaults to open as unsticked window)
	Customize toolbar		Show/hide icons

Dialog/MapillaryMain

Dialog/MapillaryHistory

Dialog/MapillaryFilter

Managing unpinned windows

Please refer to external sites/Google search results for most up to date info.

Windows

• ​Desktop Window Manager (dwm.exe) is used by default
  • ​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

• (don't know default, not a mac user)
• Spectacle ​Spectacle open source alternative
• Moom from Many Tricks (10$ in app store)

Linux

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Uses Compiz.

• Detault shortcuts ​under "Window Placement" section

Others

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

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