[josm-dev] Selecting objects by bounding box

[Michael Kugelmann]

Rick Collins wrote:
> There must be something I missed.  Dragging the mouse creates a 
> box.  It doesn't matter if you go right to left or left to right, it 
> is the same box.  Why do you need to draw the box one way or the 
> other to prevent "unwanted" nodes?
>   
I try to describe it with a scetch

s => node shall be selected
n => node shouldn't be selcted

          s                         s
            s               s                    s
                  s                   s          s
                                                    n

If I start top left I can contoll it very well. If I start bottom right, 
it is very hard to get the right starting point. And even I will very 
often cause JOSM to move the "n" point or something like that due to the 
modeless behaviour. Earlier thre were clear modes via Move and Select 
and nothing could go wrong...


Best regards,
Michael.