[josm-dev] Selecting objects by bounding box

[Rick Collins]

I have to say I don't see it.  I can place the x in the lower right 
very accurately.  Are you saying that the click is so close to the N 
that it selects by proximity?  I added the select box to your 
drawing.  I think they recently added this and I have seen it cause 
me problems before when I am trying to select a way with closely 
spaced nodes.  You can always select at the + corners as well as at 
the x corners.  Since there are four ways to draw a box, with the 
method Matthias describes, you have at least two choices for each 
type of selection.

Even if you retain the freedom to draw the rectangle in any 
direction, if you have the same crowding at the other end, you still 
have the same problem.  Rather, I would like to see the ability to 
use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out during a select 
operation.  Is that already a feature?  I have to say I don't recall 
if you can zoom in to place the click, then zoom out to do the drag 
and zoom in again to release the click.  That is my idea of how to 
solve the problem I think you are describing.



At 08:41 PM 11/17/2007, Michael Kugelmann wrote:
>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
>        x-----------------------------------------+
>        | s                         s             |
>        |   s               s                    s|
>        |         s                   s          s|
>        |                                         | n
>        +-----------------------------------------x
>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.