[josm-dev] Starting a new way with one selected

[Petr Nejedly]

David Earl napsal(a):
> At present if you are in the Draw Nodes mode and you have nothing 
> selected, you can SHIFT+CLICK to
> (a) add a new node in a blank area, or
> (b) add a new node in an existing way, or
> (c) select an existing node in the middle of a way, or
> (d) select an existing node at the end of a way
> and then extend from the new or existing node (in case d, extending the 
> way, and in the others creating a new way)
> 
> However, if you already have a way selected, cases c and d don't work.
> 
> Can anyone think why they shouldn't? Or is this just a bug? Perhaps its 
> that the SHIFT modifier doesn't really do anything different if nothing 
> is already selected.
> 
> This is the most common case where you have to still switch modes at the 
> moment - you create a way, and come to its dead end (say), and then you 
> want to do another starting from an existing intermediate node (case c), 
> possibly in the way you just created, possibly in some other way. Being 
> able to use the SHIFT modifier would remove the need to SELECT-MODE, 
> CLICK, DRAW-NODES, would be consistent and would mean you'd hardly ever 
> need to go into select mode when drawing ways.

You're probably right, but you can also use 'u' shortcut to clear the selection...


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