JOSM - Can't select a way/path to edit

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Lost my ability to select a path/way. Does anyone know how to fix this?

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which editing software are you using?

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Never had the problem before in JOSM. Do you have the right Selection Mode (shortkey A) activated?

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Could you explain a bit more what the problem is?

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Thanks all, I am using JOSM editing software. I have the select button activated, and with this I can select the nodes of paths but I am not able to select the path as a whole. Previously I had this ability, but this selection option just stopped working. I closed JOSM and reloaded it, not sure how to fix this issue.

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I figured out the issue! I had previously turned off snapping by following another tutorial. In this tutorial, I changed the editing-preferences so that node-snap-distance and segment-snap-distance were both 0. I just changed these values back to 5 and I can again select the trail paths in JOSM. A little warning to those out there that turn off your snapping!!

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You can just hold ctrl to disable snapping btw.

(or hold ctrl to enable node merging when moving nodes[1])

  1. Or invert this behavior by setting the edit.move.merge-by-default advanced config to true ↩︎

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Aaah, when I want to merge a lone or area outline node to another, I use the selection sequence of 'which node to merge, then holding cntrl while selecting the target node to merge into and then hit M. Lasso 2 nodes and then M works too, but it’s a little unsure which way the merge will go be it that they’re generally so close, it is of little importance. This Ctrl+Node select, then move to target node is quicker and beyond doubt.

thx