[OSM-talk] JOSM's Intensive Upper Body Workout

[Christof Dallermassl]

> Auto-complete will be a nice thing.

+1

> While it's not there, a quick fix is to modify JOSM to select the 
> automatic value when it's filled. If the value is wrong, the user just 
> have to type the correct one.

please apply the following patch:

Index: 
/home/cdaller/eclipse-workspace/JOSM/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java
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--- 
/home/cdaller/eclipse-workspace/JOSM/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java 
(revision 248)
+++ 
/home/cdaller/eclipse-workspace/JOSM/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/PropertiesDialog.java 
(working copy)
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@
  				if (allData.containsKey(key)) {
  					Vector<String> newValues = new Vector<String>(allData.get(key));
  					values.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(newValues));
+					// select the new proposed value
+					values.getEditor().selectAll();
  				}
              }
  			

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