[josm-dev] Relation support in JOSM

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> Am I right in thinking that you cannot create, edit or remove  
> relations in JOSM. As far as I can see, you can tell that a way is a  
> member of some relation and that's it.

You can create, edit, and remove relations. There are two ways to do
this. There's a dedicated relation pane that you can display on the
right hand side (by using the button on the left with the gear icon);
there you should be able to select existing relations for editing, to
delete them and to create new ones.

Also, when a way is a member of a relation and this is shown in the
property dialog, double-clicking on that entry should open up the
relation editor as well!

Once you have the relation edit window open, you can change the tags
and members of the relation. Adding members works by selecting them
through the usual JOSM means and then using the "add selected"
function in the relation editor. If you want to highlight the
relation's members on screen, that works the other way round - there's
a button that makes JOSM select all those objects that are member of
the relation.

If it behaves differently than described here, let me know so I can
fix it ;-)

The big "todo" for JOSM in terms of relation support is having 
"specialist" editor views for different kinds of relation that would
make working with them easier (and more foolproof), e.g. a route
relation editor where you get a "halo" type display and just add and
remove ways by clicking (and cannot ever add nodes), and such.

Bye
Frederik

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