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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 This list might be outdated.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).
You can change default shortcuts in "Shortcuts Preferences" tab
Annotated keyboard diagram based on this page
Announcement at user blogs png version with svg source
Modes and dialogues
Main shortcut | Activation steps | page | multiple hotkeys?
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S | | Select objects | yes, many
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S | toggled by S | LassoMode | 1
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A | | "Standard Mode", it will draw "connected" lines | yes, 4
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A | + hold Alt | it starts a new way, rather than continuing an existing way |
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A | + hold Shift | it will create isolated nodes |
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A | + hold Ctrl | it will disable "snapping" to existing ways and nodes |
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A | toggled by A | It will enable "angle-snapping" mode |
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W | | Improve Way Accuracy | yes, 4?
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Ctrl+Delete | | Delete... | yes, 3
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Ctrl+Delete | + hold Alt | the way and its' associated unused nodes are deleted. |
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Ctrl+Delete | + hold Shift | will remove segments under cursor and additionally split way in two |
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Ctrl+Delete | + hold Ctrl | the objects and all its references are deleted |
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X | | Stretch a part of a way (create a building or something else) | yes, 6
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X | toggled by X | Dual aligment (this mode uses two reference segments (neigbors of the original segment) and moves the nodes each according to its own reference segment) |
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X | + hold Ctrl while dragging a single node | will move node along one it's adjacent segments |
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X | and double click at way | a double click at a way segment inserts a new node |
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X | + hold Ctrl | move segment parallel to base segment |
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X | + hold Shift | Always create nodes |
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X | + hold Alt | Don't alter original way, create new way instead |
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Alt+A | then press CTRL+SHIFT+1 ... CTRL+SHIFT+5 | To insert one of latest tags from "Add value" dialogue | yes, many
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Shift+F | 4 steps at very least | dialogue | yes, 11
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Objects
Objects history
Changesets
interface and appearance
Layers
Toggle and switch between first 10 layers of Layer List Dialog
Viewport
Workflow
Toggle Dialogs
Was explained at Help/ToggleDialogs.
(continue cleanup/sort below)
all modes
Click-RightMouse | Click and drag to move the map.
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Scroll-Wheel | Zoom in and out.
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Note: In 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 list of shortcuts
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