Howto select the right object in ID when they overlap each other

wyo · 2018-10-22T10:37:54.000Z

Sometimes several objects have identical positions and I haven’t found out how to select the right one in ID when they overlap. How can I select an object which is below another object?

hadw · 2018-10-24T12:34:29.000Z

Use JOSM instead. As well as mechanisms to resolve conflicting matches, you can filter, based on tag, value and some metadata, so that objects are not selectable, making it easy to select the class of object that interests you.

SomeoneElse · 2024-06-29T19:31:40.849Z

See https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-select-between-overlapping-items-in-id/113402/2 for an actual answer to this question.

(I’m adding an answer here because unfortunately Discourse search brings up this question rather than the more relevant recent one when searching for “iD Overlapping” by default).