JOSM Keyboard Shortcuts

The following shortcuts are the default setting (list is probably outdated).

modes

S	Select objects
A or N	Add / Draw nodes and ways
D	Delete nodes or ways
X	Stretch a part of a way (create a building or something else)
Z	Zoom in by dragging

other shortcuts

B	Distribute nodes
C	Combine Ways
G	Unglue ways
J	Join Node to Way
L	Align nodes into a straight line
M	Merge Nodes
O	Align nodes in circle
P	Split Way
Q	Orthogonalize Shape
R	Reverse Way
U	Unselect All
del	Delete object but don't change into delete mode
+	Zoom in
-	Zoom out
Ctrl-,	Zoom in
Ctrl-.	Zoom out
Shift-A	Cycle through the different Auto zoom modes
Shift-M	Mirror nodes
Shift-O	Create circle
Shift-Q	Undo Orthogonalization for certain nodes
1	Zoom to data
2	Zoom to layer
3	Zoom to selection
4	Zoom to conflict
5	Zoom to download
Ctrl-A	Select all
Ctrl-C	Copy Way/Node etc to buffer
Ctrl-X	Cut Way/Node etc to buffer
Ctrl-V	Paste from buffer
Ctrl-Shift-V	Paste only the tags
Ctrl-D	Duplicate
Ctrl-Shift-A	Unselect all
Esc	Unselect all
Ctrl-Shift-D	Download
Ctrl-Shift-Alt-D	Download incomplete ways
Ctrl-Shift-U	Upload
Ctrl-←	Move visible area
Ctrl-↑	Move visible area
Ctrl-→	Move visible area
Ctrl-↓	Move visible area
Shift-←	Move object
Shift-↑	Move object
Shift-→	Move object
Shift-↓	Move object
Ctrl-Z	Undo
Ctrl-Y	Redo
Ctrl-N	New file
Ctrl-O	Open file
Ctrl-S	Save file
Ctrl-Shift-S	Save as
Ctrl-E	Export to GPX
Ctrl-F	Search
Ctrl-Q	Exit Application
Ctrl-W	Toggle between wireframe and mappaint mode
F1	Help
Shift-F1	About screen (with JOSM version number)
Ctrl-F1	Popup tooltip of current selected action
F12	Preferences
Shift-Alt-A	Toggle display on / off of Authors dialog
Shift-Alt-C	Toggle display on / off of Conflict dialog
Shift-Alt-T	Toggle display on / off of Selection list dialog
Shift-Alt-H	Toggle display on / off of Display history dialog (history is not fully implemented yet)
Alt-B	Open dialog for setting a tag
Alt-L	Toggle display on / off of Layers dialog
Shift-Alt-R	Toggle display on / off of Relations dialog
Shift-Alt-O	Toggle display on / off of Command stack (the undo buffer)dialog
Shift-Alt-P	Toggle display on / off of Property for selected objects dialog
Shift-Alt-V	Toggle display on / off of validation dialog (requires plugin)

select mode

Click	Selects one object. Click in an empty area and drag selects more objects.
Click	Clicking and dragging a red cross in the middle of a segment will insert a new node at the location of the cross.
Click-MiddleMouse	Cycle through the different objects under the mouse cursor (for duplicated nodes or ways sharing the same nodes). Holding "Ctrl" afterwards to directly select an object.
Shift-Click	Holding the "Shift" key when in select mode adds new element to existing selection.
Ctrl-Click	Holding the "Ctrl" key toggles element selection.
Ctrl-Shift-LeftMouse	Holding the "Shift" and "Ctrl" key allows rotating selected objects.
Alt-Click	Cycle through the different objects under the mouse cursor (without popup).

add mode

Double Click	Ends the current way.
Shift-Click	Holding the "Shift" key turns off extending the selected way
Ctrl-Click	Holding the "Ctrl" key prevents snapping on existing ways and nodes.
Alt-Click	Holding the "Alt" key creates a separated though connected way (same you could do afterwards by selecting a node and press P). This mode is marked by a small bar at the previous node.

delete mode

Shift-Click	Holding the "Shift" key and clicking on a way segment only deletes this way segment and not the whole way.
Ctrl-Click	Holding the "Ctrl" key deletes object and references (i.e. ways using this node).
Alt-Click	Holding the "Alt" key and clicking on a way only deletes the way without its nodes.

all modes

Click-RightMouse	Click and drag to span.
Scroll-Wheel	Zoom in and out.

Note: In ​gnome desktop environment Alt-Click is used for moving the window. The AltGr key can be used instead.

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See also ​DE:JOSM/Tastenkürzel german language shortcuts list