gray/grey colour value confusion in destination_sign relation preset

[bartosomail@…]

In destination_sign relation preset, for the fields colour:back and colour:text and colour:arrow, the "grey" value is selectable from the drop down list.

While hovering with the mouse over the "grey" value, appears the tooltip "Sets the key colour:* to the value 'gray'" appears.

Despite the tooltip, the value which the preset actually inserts is the english version "grey".

On upload, the validator complains with a warning:

"Value 'grey' for key colour:* is unknown, maybe 'gray' is meant?"

The wiki page for key colour (​https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:colour) tells to use "gray (or grey)", that is both variants should be valid.

Relative:URL: ^/trunk
Repository:UUID: 0c6e7542-c601-0410-84e7-c038aed88b3b
Last:Changed Date: 2021-09-13 01:17:23 +0200 (Mon, 13 Sep 2021)
Revision:18222
Build-Date:2021-09-13 01:31:03
URL:https://josm.openstreetmap.de/svn/trunk

Identification: JOSM/1.5 (18222 en_GB) Windows 10 64-Bit
OS Build number: Windows 10 Home 2009 (19043)
Memory Usage: 900 MB / 4068 MB (392 MB allocated, but free)
Java version: 11.0.2+9-LTS, Oracle Corporation, Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
Look and Feel: com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
Screen: \Display0 3840×2160 (scaling 2.50×2.50)
Maximum Screen Size: 3840×2160
Best cursor sizes: 16×16?64×64, 32×32?64×64
System property file.encoding: Cp1252
System property sun.jnu.encoding: Cp1252
Locale info: en_GB
Numbers with default locale: 1234567890 -> 1234567890
Dataset consistency test: No problems found

Plugins:
+ Mapillary (2.0.0-alpha.35-dirty)
+ QuickLabel (23)
+ SimplifyArea (35640)
+ apache-commons (35524)
+ apache-http (35589)
+ editgpx (35562)
+ ejml (35458)
+ geotools (35458)
+ jna (35662)
+ jts (35458)
+ measurement (35640)
+ merge-overlap (35640)
+ photo_geotagging (35783)
+ photoadjust (35770)
+ reltoolbox (35640)
+ reverter (35732)
+ rex (53)
+ undelete (35640)

Tagging presets:
+ D:\OSM\JOSM\presets\cai_josm_preset-master\cai.xml
+ https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Presets/Mountains&zip=1
+ https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Presets/ParkingLanes&zip=1
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yopaseopor/traffic_signs_preset_JOSM/master/CH.zip
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yopaseopor/traffic_signs_preset_JOSM/master/IT.zip

Map paint styles:
+ https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Styles/DestinationSignRelation&zip=1
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/species/josm-preset-traffic_sign_direction/master/direction.mapcss
- https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Styles/Osmc&zip=1
- https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Styles/MaxspeedIcons&zip=1
+ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yopaseopor/traffic_signs_style_JOSM/master/Styles_Traffic_signs_EUR.zip
+ https://josm.openstreetmap.de/josmfile?page=Styles/ParkingLanes&zip=1

[skyper]

I can reproduce the validator warning but I do not have grey as option unless it is already present in the data layer and I cannot reproduce the incorrect name in the tooltip. Is this a translation problem?

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[bartosomail@…]

The selected value is "grey", the tooltip says "gray", and the actually inserted key value is "gray"

[bartosomail@…]

The selected value is "grey", the tooltip says "grey", and the actually inserted key value is "gray"

[bartosomail@…]

At a closer look, it seems just an autocorrection feature of the relation preset, which automatically corrects the values "grey" to "gray". It also happens when "grey" is typed in the preset, instead of choosen from the drop down list.

The validator warning I received were related to old "grey" values I already had in the data layer. My mistake not noticing this.

The tooltip puzzles me anyway as it is inconsistent. I have the value "grey" appearing twice in the list, and the two instances of the same value produce a different tooltip, either mentioning "grey" or "gray" (see screen shot in the two attachments).

[skyper]

Please, we need your status report.

[bartosomail@…]

Josm status report

[anonymous]

Sorry, I had forgotten to include my status report. I sent it now as attachment (I had tried to insert it in the message text, but then upon submit the message is rejected as spam).

[skyper]

Thanks

Locale info: en_GB

As I expected, part of it is a translation problem, en_US vs. en_GB:

• the first grey is from preset values and the translation of gray
• the second grey is from the data layer and untranslated

This means, the tool-tips are correct and the only problem is, that validator should accept British color names.

[skyper]

Replying to anonymous:

Sorry, I had forgotten to include my status report. I sent it now as attachment (I had tried to insert it in the message text, but then upon submit the message is rejected as spam).

Thanks, as explained above, we only need the top parts. The rest is less interesting and the spam filter does not like too many urls.

[gaben]

(irrelevant) sorry for the noise

[skyper]

I have just tested with en_GB and you are right that all the time the value added is gray. Even typing "grey" in the combo box will result in "gray".

I tried with r18218 and r18222 and I find no differences in results. The bug has probably be present for some time.

[Don-vip]

In 18250/josm:

see #21396, see #21336 - ignore more tags