'Orthogonalize Shape' function not working if 'Follow line' has been used right before

[Max1234-ITA]

I want to orthogonalize a section of a long way: to do so, I draw a new temporary line by clicking two contiguous nodes of the way to be orthogonalised, then I use the Follow line function (shortcut: "F"), until the selection reaches the last node I wish to include in the orthogonalisation.

After this, I call Orthogonalize shape (shortcut: "Q"), but an error message pops up:
Unable to orthogonalize {Node id=-102014 version=0 MV lat=(...),lon=(...)}.

This does not happen if I follow the way and select the last node to be orthogonalised by manually clicking on it.

[Max1234-ITA]

Error message displayed by JOSM. The last node of the new line has been created by the Follow function

[GerdP]

I can reproduce this, but I am not sure if this can be closed as worksforme. You have to stop the "Follow line" mode and re-select the new way.

[anonymous]

Actually, this is not a critical issue for an experienced mapper, just something making my work a little slower and uncomfortable.

If I impersonate the "dumb user", however, I find it quite annoying, 'cos having selected all the desired nodes I would expect to be able to immediately apply the next modification (Orthogonalize) and -as the dumb user I am- I would assume JOSM has an issue.

From that point of view, i believe this behaviour deserves to be worked out.

Cheers,
Max

[Max1234-ITA]

Replying to GerdP:

I can reproduce this, but I am not sure if this can be closed as worksforme. You have to stop the "Follow line" mode and re-select the new way.

Hi, sorry for my late feedback.

Today I was working with JOSM (v. 18752): I "followed" an existing shape, then pressed "O" to align all the selected nodes into an arc of a circle... and it worked with no flaws.

I Repeated the same operations with Orthogonalize and went into this issue.
At this point I guess one of the two methods (Align in Circle/Orthogonalize) is doing wrong.

Kind regards,
Max