[josm-dev] "Sticky Tags" Feature

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> I'd like to implement a feature in JOSM that applies the tags from the
> clipboard to every new way or node created. I think this would be
> useful for creating powerlines (apply power=tower to every new node
> in the way) or for a set of buildings along a street (addr:street=*
> to every new building).

A graphics program i used to use, maybe it was dia?, worked like this:
whenever an object was selected and you changed properties, you were
changing the properties of that object. When no object was selected,
you were changing the default properties for new objects. 

Bye
Frederik