[josm-dev] restrict mass-editing?

[Gregory Williams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: josm-dev-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:josm-dev-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Bennett
> Sent: 31 March 2009 11:46
> To: Frederik Ramm
> Cc: josm-dev
> Subject: Re: [josm-dev] restrict mass-editing?
> 
> Frederik Ramm wrote:
> > currently it is possible to "select all" and then set a tag for tens
> > of thousands of objects at the same time. Do you think we should do
> an
> > alert box saying "you are editing 12.345 objects. are you sure you
> want
> > this?" - or maybe just disallow it altogether?
> 
> Or remove "Select All" completely? Are there any legitimate uses for
> this? I've only ever used it to find out how much of an area I've
> contributed :)

That wouldn't really prevent a Select All though. It's easy to just
craft an appropriate search to achieve the same effect, or simply use
the selection tool to draw a box around everything.

Gregory