JOSM Keyboard Shortcuts
The following shortcuts are the default setting (list is probably outdated).
modes
| S | Select objects
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| A or N | Add / Draw nodes and ways
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| D | Delete nodes or ways
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| X | Stretch a part of a way (create a building or something else)
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| Z | Zoom in by dragging
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other shortcuts
| B | Distribute nodes
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| C | Combine Ways
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| G | Unglue ways
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| J | Join Node to Way
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| L | Align nodes into a straight line
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| M | Merge Nodes
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| O | Align nodes in circle
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| P | Split Way
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| Q | Orthogonalize Shape
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| R | Reverse Way
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| U | Unselect All
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| del | Delete object but don't change into delete mode
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| + | Zoom in
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| - | Zoom out
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| Ctrl-, | Zoom in
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| Ctrl-. | Zoom out
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| Shift-A | Cycle through the different Auto zoom modes
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| Shift-M | Mirror nodes
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| Shift-O | Create circle
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| Shift-Q | Undo Orthogonalization for certain nodes
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| 1 | Zoom to data
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| 2 | Zoom to layer
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| 3 | Zoom to selection
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| 4 | Zoom to conflict
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| 5 | Zoom to download
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| Ctrl-A | Select all
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| Ctrl-C | Copy Way/Node etc to buffer
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| Ctrl-X | Cut Way/Node etc to buffer
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| Ctrl-V | Paste from buffer
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| Ctrl-Shift-V | Paste only the tags
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| Ctrl-D | Duplicate
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| Ctrl-Shift-A | Unselect all
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| Esc | Unselect all
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| Ctrl-Shift-D | Download
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| Ctrl-Shift-Alt-D | Download incomplete ways
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| Ctrl-Shift-U | Upload
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| Ctrl-← | Move visible area
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| Ctrl-↑ | Move visible area
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| Ctrl-→ | Move visible area
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| Ctrl-↓ | Move visible area
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| Shift-← | Move object
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| Shift-↑ | Move object
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| Shift-→ | Move object
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| Shift-↓ | Move object
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| Ctrl-Z | Undo
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| Ctrl-Y | Redo
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| Ctrl-N | New file
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| Ctrl-O | Open file
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| Ctrl-S | Save file
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| Ctrl-Shift-S | Save as
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| Ctrl-E | Export to GPX
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| Ctrl-F | Search
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| Ctrl-Q | Exit Application
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| Ctrl-W | Toggle between wireframe and mappaint mode
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| F1 | Help
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| Shift-F1 | About screen (with JOSM version number)
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| Ctrl-F1 | Popup tooltip of current selected action
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| F12 | Preferences
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| Shift-Alt-A | Toggle display on / off of Authors dialog
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| Shift-Alt-C | Toggle display on / off of Conflict dialog
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| Shift-Alt-T | Toggle display on / off of Selection list dialog
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| Shift-Alt-H | Toggle display on / off of Display history dialog (history is not fully implemented yet)
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| Alt-B | Open dialog for setting a tag
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| Alt-L | Toggle display on / off of Layers dialog
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| Shift-Alt-R | Toggle display on / off of Relations dialog
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| Shift-Alt-O | Toggle display on / off of Command stack (the undo buffer)dialog
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| Shift-Alt-P | Toggle display on / off of Property for selected objects dialog
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| Shift-Alt-V | Toggle display on / off of validation dialog (requires plugin)
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select mode
| Click | Selects one object. Click in an empty area and drag selects more objects.
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| Click | Clicking and dragging a red cross in the middle of a segment will insert a new node at the location of the cross.
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| 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.
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| Shift-Click | Holding the "Shift" key when in select mode adds new element to existing selection.
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| Ctrl-Click | Holding the "Ctrl" key toggles element selection.
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| Ctrl-Shift-LeftMouse | Holding the "Shift" and "Ctrl" key allows rotating selected objects.
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| Alt-Click | Cycle through the different objects under the mouse cursor (without popup).
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add mode
| Double Click | Ends the current way.
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| Shift-Click | Holding the "Shift" key turns off extending the selected way
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| Ctrl-Click | Holding the "Ctrl" key prevents snapping on existing ways and nodes.
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| 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.
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delete mode
| Shift-Click | Holding the "Shift" key and clicking on a way segment only deletes this way segment and not the whole way.
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| Ctrl-Click | Holding the "Ctrl" key deletes object and references (i.e. ways using this node).
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| Alt-Click | Holding the "Alt" key and clicking on a way only deletes the way without its nodes.
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extrude mode (X)
| Ctrl-Click | Holding the "Ctrl" moves way segments along their perpendicular (orthogonal to the arrow direction of the way segement).
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all modes
| Click-RightMouse | Click and drag to span.
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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.
See also
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