[OSM-talk] JOSM user interface

[Richard Fairhurst]

Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:

> Chris Morley schrieb:
>> A couple of issues with the new 0.5 version.
>> 3) As pointed out by Francois De Ryckel on the newbies list, a new
>> 'segment' drawn from the end node of a way is added to that way, even
>> when the way is not selected. It should only happen when the way was
>> previously selected.
>
> This was the behaviour from the start, but I would very much like more
> control over wether a new way is started or if a way should be added to,
> which way. (JOSM starts a new way from an intersection node
> automatically, but sometimes you want to continue a way stopping at said
> junction node).

In Potlatch, clicking on an end-node extends the way; shift-clicking  
starts a new one. (The rationale is that standard click is the common  
behaviour, shift-click is the less common behaviour.) Maybe JOSM could  
do the same?

cheers
Richard