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== JOSM Keyboard Shortcuts ==

The following shortcuts are the default setting. This list might be outdated. You can always look in the JOSM shortcut preferences to see all active shortcuts (except for the different mode modifiers).

=== Annotated keyboard diagram based on this page === 
[http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/baditaflorin/diary/37606 Announcement at user blogs] [https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2km6hi88ovtk76/300_dpi%20JOSM%20Keyboard%20Layout.png?dl=0 png version] with [https://www.dropbox.com/s/t53185ehsmzgdtb/JOSM%20Kayboard%20Layourt%20final%20cu%20tot%20cu%20text.svg?dl=0 svg source]

=== Modes and dialogues ===
|| Main shortcut || Activation steps || page || multiple hotkeys? ||
|| {{{S}}} ||  || [Help/Action/Select Select objects]  || yes, many ||
|| {{{S}}} || toggled by {{{S}}} || [Help/Action/LassoMode LassoMode] || 1 ||
|| {{{A}}} ||  || [Help/Action/Draw#StandardMode "Standard Mode", it will draw "connected" lines] || yes, 4 ||
|| {{{A}}} || + hold {{{Alt}}} || [Help/Action/Draw#Altmodifier it starts a new way, rather than continuing an existing way] ||  ||
|| {{{A}}} || + hold {{{Shift}}} || [Help/Action/Draw#Shiftmodifier it will create isolated nodes] ||  ||
|| {{{A}}} || + hold {{{Ctrl}}} || [Help/Action/Draw#Ctrlmodifier it will disable "snapping" to existing ways and nodes] ||  ||
|| {{{A}}} || toggled by {{{A}}} || [Help/Action/Draw#Anglesnapping It will enable "angle-snapping" mode] ||  ||
|| {{{W}}} ||  || [Help/Action/ImproveWayAccuracy Improve Way Accuracy] || yes, 4? ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Delete}}} ||  || [Help/Action/Delete#Deletingobjects Delete...] || yes, 3 ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Delete}}} || + hold {{{Alt}}} || [Help/Action/Delete#Altmodifier the way and its' associated unused nodes are deleted.] ||  ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Delete}}} || + hold {{{Shift}}} || [Help/Action/Delete#Shiftmodifier will remove segments under cursor and additionally split way in two] ||  ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Delete}}} || + hold {{{Ctrl}}} || [Help/Action/Delete#Ctrlmodifier the objects and all its references are deleted] || ||
|| {{{X}}} ||  || [Help/Action/Extrude Stretch a part of a way (create a building or something else)] || yes, 6 ||
|| {{{X}}} || toggled by {{{X}}} || [Help/Action/Extrude#Dualalignment "Dual aligment"] (this mode uses two reference segments (neigbors of the original segment) and moves the nodes each according to its own reference segment) || ||
|| {{{X}}} || + hold {{{Ctrl}}} while dragging a single node || [Help/Action/Extrude#Movenode will move node along one it's adjacent segments] || ||
|| {{{X}}} || and double click at way || [Help/Action/Extrude#Insertnode a double click at a way segment inserts a new node] || ||
|| {{{X}}} || + hold {{{Ctrl}}} || [Help/Action/Extrude#Shift move segment parallel to base segment] || ||
|| {{{X}}} || + hold {{{Shift}}} || [Help/Action/Extrude#Shift "Always create nodes"] || ||
|| {{{X}}} || + hold {{{Alt}}} || [Help/Action/Extrude#Alt "Don't alter original way, create new way instead"] || ||
|| {{{Alt+A}}} || then press {{{CTRL+SHIFT+1}}} ... {{{CTRL+SHIFT+5}}} || To insert one of latest tags from [Help/Dialog/AddValue#Addingseveraltags "Add value" dialogue] || yes, many ||

=== Tools ===
|| {{{Shift+D}}} || [Help/Action/AddNode Add a node by known coordinate] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+C}}} || Copy coordinates of selected node to buffer ||
|| {{{Ctrl+F}}} || [Help/Action/Search Search] ||
|| {{{Shift+B}}} || [Help/Action/DistributeNodes Distribute nodes] ||
|| {{{C}}} || [Help/Action/CombineWay Combine Ways] ||
|| {{{F}}} || [Help/Action/FollowLine Follow line] ||
|| {{{G}}} || [Help/Action/UnGlue Unglue ways] ||
|| {{{J}}} || [Help/Action/JoinNodeWay Join Node to Way] ||
|| {{{N}}} || [Help/Action/MoveNodeWay Move a node to the nearest way segment] ||
|| {{{L}}} || [Help/Action/AlignInLine Align nodes into a straight line] ||
|| {{{M}}} || [Help/Action/MergeNodes Merge Nodes] ||
|| {{{O}}} || [Help/Action/AlignInCircle Align nodes in circle] ||
|| {{{P}}} || [Help/Action/SplitWay Split Way] ||
|| {{{Q}}} || [Help/Action/OrthogonalizeShape Orthogonalize Shape] ||
|| {{{R}}} || [Help/Action/ReverseWays Reverse Way] ||
|| {{{Shift+Y}}} || [Help/Action/SimplifyWay Simplify Way] ||
|| {{{Del}}} || [Help/Action/EditDelete Delete object but don't change into delete mode] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+A}}} || [Help/Action/SelectAll Select all] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+C}}} || [Help/Action/Copy Copy Way/Node etc to buffer] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+X}}} || Cut Way/Node etc to buffer
|| {{{Ctrl+V}}} || [Help/Action/Paste Paste from buffer] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+V}}} || [Help/Action/PasteTags Paste only the tags] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+D}}} || [Help/Action/Duplicate Duplicate selected objects] ||
|| {{{Shift+M}}} || [Help/Action/Mirror Mirror selected nodes and ways]
|| {{{Shift+O}}} || [Help/Action/CreateCircle Create circle] ||
|| {{{Shift+P}}} || [Help/Action/Parallel Create parallel line] ||
|| {{{Shift+Q}}} || Undo Orthogonalization for certain nodes
|| {{{Esc}}} || [Help/Action/UnselectAll Unselect all] ||
|| {{{Shift+←}}} || Move objects
|| {{{Shift+↑}}} || Move objects
|| {{{Shift+→}}} || Move objects
|| {{{Shift+↓}}} || Move objects

=== Objects ===
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+P}}} || [Help/Action/Purge Remove selected objects from the layer]
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+U}}} || [Help/Action/UpdateSelection Reload the currently selected objects from the server]
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+D}}} || [Help/Action/DownloadParentWaysAndRelation Download parent ways and relations]
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+M}}} || [Help/Action/UpdateSelection Reload the modified objects in the current data layer from the server]
|| {{{Alt+Shift+U}}} || [Help/Action/Undelete Undelete an OSM object] ("Undelete" plugin)

=== Objects history ===
|| {{{Ctrl+H}}} || Show history dialog ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+H}}} || Show history at http://www.openstreetmap.org ||
|| {{{Ctrl+I}}} || Advanced object info dialogue ||

=== Changesets ===
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+C}}} || [Help/Dialog/ChangesetManager Changeset manager] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+Q}}} || [Help/Action/CloseChangeset Close open changesets] ||

=== interface and appearance ===
|| {{{Tab}}} || [Help/Action/DialogsToggleAction Toggle dialogs] ||
|| {{{F11}}} || [Help/Action/FullscreenView Fullscreen mode] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+W}}} || [Help/Action/WireframeToggle Toggle between wireframe and mappaint mode] ||

=== Layers ===
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+M}}} || [Help/Action/MergeSelection Merge the currently selected objects onto another data layer] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+M}}} || [Help/Action/MergeLayer Merges the content of current active layer into another layer of the same kind] ||
|| (absent) || [Help/Action/DuplicateLayer Duplicate selected OSM data layer]

=== Toggle and switch between first 10 layers of [Help/Dialog/LayerList Layer List Dialog] ===
|| {{{Shift+A}}} + press {{{1}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Activate layer 1, counting from the top] ||
|| ... || ... ||
|| {{{Shift+A}}} + press {{{9}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Activate layer 9, counting from the top] ||
|| {{{Shift+A}}} + press {{{0}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Activate layer 10, counting from the top] ||
|| {{{Alt+1}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Show/hide layer 1, counting from the _bottom_] ||
|| ... || ... ||
|| {{{Alt+9}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Show/hide layer 9, counting from the _bottom_] ||
|| {{{Alt+0}}} || [Help/Dialog/LayerList#ActivateLayer Show/hide layer 10, counting from the _bottom_] ||

=== Viewport ===
|| {{{Z}}} || [Help/Action/Zoom Zoom in by dragging] ||
|| {{{+}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomIn Zoom in] ||
|| {{{-}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomOut Zoom out] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+,}}} || Zoom in
|| {{{Ctrl+.}}} || Zoom out
|| {{{Ctrl+←}}} || Move visible area
|| {{{Ctrl+↑}}} || Move visible area
|| {{{Ctrl+→}}} || Move visible area
|| {{{Ctrl+↓}}} || Move visible area
|| {{{1}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToData Zoom to data] ||
|| {{{2}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToLayer Zoom to layer] ||
|| {{{3}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToSelection Zoom to selection] ||
|| {{{4}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToConflict Zoom to conflict] ||
|| {{{5}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToDownload Zoom to download] ||
|| {{{6}}} || [wiki:Help/Action/ZoomToProblem Zoom to problem] ||
|| {{{8}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToPrevious Zoom to previous] ||
|| {{{9}}} || [Help/Action/ZoomToNext Zoom to next] ||
|| {{{Shift+A}}} || Cycle through the different Auto zoom modes
|| {{{Ctrl+J}}} || [Help/Action/JumpToPosition Opens the Jump To Position dialog] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+F}}} || [Help/Action/ViewportFollowing Enable/Disable automatic centring of the map view to last placed node] ||

=== Workflow ===

|| {{{Ctrl+Spacebar}}} || Autocompletion in all menu items ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+↓}}} || [Help/Action/Download Download] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+↑}}} || [Help/Action/Upload Upload] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+L}}} || [Help/Action/OpenLocation Open location] ||
|| {{{Alt+Shift+↓}}} || [Help/Action/OverpassDownload Download from Overpass API] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+O}}} || [Help/Action/DownloadObject Download object] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+Shift+U}}} || [Help/Action/UploadSelection Upload Selection] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+U}}} || [Help/Action/UpdateData Update data] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Z}}} || [Help/Action/Undo Undo] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Y}}} || [Help/Action/Redo Redo] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+N}}} || [Help/Action/NewLayer New Layer] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+O}}} || [Help/Action/Open Open file] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+S}}} || [Help/Action/Save Save file] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Shift+S}}} || [Help/Action/SaveAs Save as] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+E}}} || [Help/Action/GpxExport Export to GPX]
|| {{{F1}}} || press anywhere to open [wiki:/Help main Help page] ||
|| {{{F1}}} || press over element in question to open [DevelopersGuide/HelpSystem/HelpTopicsList context-sensitive Help page] ||
|| {{{Shift+F1}}} || [Help/Action/About About screen (with JOSM version number)] ||
|| {{{F12}}} || [Help/Action/Preferences Preferences] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J}}} || [Help/Action/Restart Restart JOSM] ||
|| {{{Ctrl+Q}}} || [Help/Action/Exit Exit JOSM] ||

=== Toggle Dialogs ===

|| {{{Shift+V}}} || [wiki:Help/Dialog/Validator Perform validation checks for current layer or selected objects] ||

Was explained at [[Help/ToggleDialogs]].

(continue cleanup/sort below)

=== all modes ===
|| Click-RightMouse || Click and drag to move the map.
|| Scroll-Wheel || Zoom in and out.

Note: In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME gnome] desktop environment "Alt"-Click is used for moving the window. The "AltGr" key can be used instead; note that on some keyboards the "AltGr" key is simply the right-hand "Alt" key.

== See also ==
* Auto generated [DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList list] of shortcuts

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