Potlatch 1/Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts

Cheat sheet of Potlatch keyboard shortcuts

At present, shortcuts may vary or be non-functional for non-UK/US keyboards.

Moving around the map

• Cursor keys to move one step at a time.
• Page Up and Page Down to zoom in/out.

Editing

• Click on a blank area to start a new line.
• Double-click on a blank area to insert a new point of interest.
• Esc to cancel an edit or a new line.
• Z to undo.
• When drawing a line:
  • ↵ Enter to stop drawing a line.
  • ⌦ Del to remove the previous point.
• When a way is selected:
  • ⇧ Shift+Click on this way to insert a new point.
  • Control+Click on another way to merge them, if they share an end-point. (Command/Apple key on a Mac.)
  • ⇧ Shift+Click on the relation button to add the way to the last used relation.
  • ⌦ Del to delete an entire way.
  • P to create parallel ways.
  • T to straighten a way - especially useful in grid systems. If used on a closed way, makes it into a smooth circle.
• When a point is selected:
  • Click an end-point to extend the way.
  • X to split a way.
  • ⌦ Del to delete a point.
  • - to remove a point from the current way only.
  • ⇧ Shift+Click to start a new way from this point.
  • / to select another way which shares this point (useful for ways 'hidden' under other ways).
    • Note: If using an internationalized keyboard, you might need to use the '/ or ÷ at the numeric keyboard. (And if you use a laptop you will perhaps need to press Fn-/ or Fn-÷ , usually printed in some color.)
• K to lock or unlock a way/POI.
• S to save your changes and add a commit message (if editing with save).
• C to close the changeset (and add a commit message if editing live).

Map display

• Function keys to select background:
  • F1 to turn background off.
  • F2 for Yahoo! Aerial Imagery.
  • F3 for OSM Mapnik layer
  • F4 for OSM Osmarender layer
  • F5 for OSM Maplint (errors) layer
  • F6 for Cycle map
  • F7 for out-of-copyright map
  • Hold ⇧ Shift to make it lighter.
• g to load GPS data for current area.
• ⇧ Shift+G to load GPS data from current user only for current area.
• Hold Space while dragging to move the background imagery only (if it's misaligned).
• L to show the latitude and longitude of the current mouse position.
• ⇪ Caps Lock or D to make ways and POIs a light, translucent colour (useful for seeing the background).
• M to minimise/maximise the editor (fill the entire browser window).

Tags/attributes

• + or = to add new key/value.
• r to repeat last attributes.
• ⇧ Shift+R to repeat last attributes but ignore name/ref.
• 1 – 9 to select a preset from the menu.
• § or ' or ` to cycle between preset menus.
• B to add a source tag based on the current background.
• N to go straight to the name tag (adding one if it's not there already).

Tags/attributes memory

• Ctrl+Alt+1 – Ctrl+Alt+9 add preset tags to memory 1-9

Example: set bridge=yes and layer=1 on a way and press Ctrl+Alt+1 to save it to memory 1 (via cookie)

• ⇧ Shift+1 – ⇧ Shift+9 use preset tags previously saved to memory 1-9

Example: ⇧ Shift+1 to set tags from memory 1 on a selected way or node

History

• H to show history of the selected way, and revert to a previous version.
• U to show deleted ways, and optionally undelete them.