Gervase Markham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Earl wrote: >> The two threads of recent days, in particular about the cross to add a >> new node, are expressing an underlying frustration about the remaining >> modes in JOSM. The cross is a bit of a hack to work round this. Can we >> do more to get rid of the modes? > > I would draw the group's attention again to my modeless UI proposal - > the section "New UI Design (by Gerv) - version 2" on > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/JOSM/UI > > As the green sections show, it's not a massive change from what we have > now, but has the advantage of being modeless and consistent with other > applications in the same or a similar space (e.g. vector drawing apps).
The applications I know - which are mostly CAD and barely any vector applications - require the user to start a command to add any feature. And one needs to cancel the command (or start a new one) if one wants to do something else. The difference to JOSM is mainly terminology - they don't call it "Mode". And one can hit ESC to cancel any command and be back in Edit "Mode". I am almost happy with the way JOSM works. This is how I would like it: - use double click on a node to extend/start a way from that node - maybe use double click on segment or empty space to start way from there - use <A> to add connected nodes (ways), same as now - hitting <A> again makes JOSM forget the last node and start a new way (same as Shift-Click) - use <N> to add uncennected nodes - hitting <A> after <N> should not connect the new node to the last one inserted while in "Add Node" command - <ESC> (or <S> to support old habits) or click on the last added node cancels any of the above but dragging the last (or any other) node just drags the node I think this should make editing a pretty smooth operation. But, most importantly, don't call these commands "Modes" and JOSM will be modeless. ;-) Matthias _______________________________________________ josm-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/josm-dev
