<p>I encountered the same frustration and had to google "osm id exit edit" to determine how to exit edit mode. Why not a "view" button that replaces the edit button+dropdown after edit mode is entered? This would follow same convention as the side menus which toggle menus on and off with subsequent clicks of the icon. I agree fully with the original poster that this is a very frustrating portion of the UI of an otherwise intuitive map editor.</p>
<p>I will now click on the logo to exit edit mode which makes no sense to me or anyone else except perhaps the original developer.</p>
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