iD editor: how to load with personal default settings?

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Is there a way to start iD editor with personal defaults?
Sample:

  • “openstreetmap” instead of aerial views as background (I prefer to switch manually based on the what I’m to do; also, I keep getting the default of neighboring countries)
  • no external icons
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Seems the setting can’t be set from url parameter iD/API.md at develop · openstreetmap/iD · GitHub
iD/data/imagery.json at develop · openstreetmap/iD · GitHub
editor-layer-index/sources/world/OpenStreetMap-Mapnik.geojson at gh-pages · osmlab/editor-layer-index · GitHub

        "id": "MAPNIK",

https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#background=MAPNIK OpenStreetMap

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You meant https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?editor=id#background=MAPNIK.

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Thanks for the hints. I got this to work (after login):

https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#background=MAPNIK&map=19/46.205488/6.154294

It still has the splash screen with the default icon question, but it avoids loading aerials from random urls.

The following didn’t keep the node to edit:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit#node=25648489&background=MAPNIK&map=19/46.191399/6.138504

The installation at https://ideditor-release.netlify.app helped figuring out some of the url parameters as it keeps it in the browser.

The explanation at iD/API.md at develop · openstreetmap/iD · GitHub mentions “editor=id”, but that doesn’t seem needed. Only 1 “#” should be in the url, otherwise it’s “&”.

There is an issue on the icon question: Displaying icons from external servers should be disabled by default · Issue #12019 · openstreetmap/iD · GitHub by @maro-21 (seems obvious that it shouldn’t be enabled by default).

One could also close New user setting: Default Background map · Issue #11981 · openstreetmap/iD · GitHub by @frspp

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Change your default editor to JOSM for instance and you’ll see why it’s needed if you want to edit nevertheless with iD (what you asked for).

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I haven’t tried that one yet.

URL parameters are great. For others, it might make it easier if it was included in the editor’s help.