[josm-dev] Thoughts for further step to modeless operation in JOSM

[Gervase Markham]

David Earl wrote:
> The two threads of recent days, in particular about the cross to add a 
> new node, are expressing an underlying frustration about the remaining 
> modes in JOSM. The cross is a bit of a hack to work round this. Can we 
> do more to get rid of the modes? 

I would draw the group's attention again to my modeless UI proposal -
the section "New UI Design (by Gerv) - version 2" on
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/UI

As the green sections show, it's not a massive change from what we have
now, but has the advantage of being modeless and consistent with other
applications in the same or a similar space (e.g. vector drawing apps).

Gerv