[josm-dev] [Fwd: Re: PATCH: in "Draw" mode, extend current way]

[Chris Morley]

Matthias Julius wrote:
> Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> writes:
> 
>> 2. when clicking somewhere with a way selected,
>>
>>    2a) if a node is also selected and that node is at the end of the
>>        selected way, extend the selected way from the selected node;
>>    2b) if no node is selected but the last used node was at the end
>>        of the selected way, extend the selected way from the last used
>>        node
> 
> How about this?
> 
>    2c) if no node is selected and the last used node is not at an end
>        of the selected way, extend the selected way from the nearest
>        end
> 
> This would save another shift+click in most cases where more than one
> way ends at the desired node.
> 
> One could then go even further and say: If a way is selected, extend
> it; when no way is selected, start a new one.
> 
Yes

> But then one needs a means to select a way while in editing mode.

If you can only extend a way when it was selected then it would be
logical to only insert a node into a way when the way was selected. Then
you could use a click on an unselected way in editing mode to select it.
This saves another trip into and out of "select" mode.

Chris