Expert view

In Expert view mode all screen elements are visible. By default the amount of elements visible for new users is reduced. This should protect newbies from doing unwanted things. Most actions are still accessible by their Shortcut keys even when Expert view is disabled.

Enabling Expert view

It can be switched like this:

View menu > Expert Mode
or

Edit menu > Preferences… > Checkbox Expert mode at the bottom left.

Features hidden

The following features are only visible when the Expert mode is enabled. This list is probably incomplete.

• Actions:
  • Convert to GPX layer
  • Add selection to relation
  • resolve all selected conflicts to my/their versions in context menu of Conflict List Dialog
  • Encourage/Discourage Upload in Data layer context menu
  • Customize track drawing in GPX Layer context menu - various options
  • "Sort the currently selected members and all members below" in the Relation Editor
  • MapView context menu > Get tile status
  • MapView context menu > Force tile rendering
• File menu:
  • Save Session As ...
  • Export to GPX ...
  • Download in current view
  • Close open changesets
• Edit menu:
  • Paste at source position
  • Purge
  • Copy Coordinates
• View menu:
  • Draw boundaries of downloaded data
  • Viewport Following
  • Jump To Position
• Tools menu:
  • Mirror
  • Follow Line
  • Add Node...
  • Move Node...
• Working modes:
  • Delete mode
  • Parallel way mode
  • Extrude mode
  • Zoom mode
• Toggle Dialogs:
  • Changeset List Dialog
• Windows:
  • Search > some functions and examples
  • Download > "Download from Overpass API" tab
  • Download > "Download from Sophox API" tab
  • Download > "Zoom to downloaded data" check box
  • Open Location > "Zoom to downloaded data" check box
  • The reuse history window when using the Split way Action
• Preferences:
  • Display Settings > GPS Points - various options
  • Display Settings > OSM Data - Options that affect drawing performance
  • Display Settings > Look and Feel - some options
  • Map Settings > Map Projection - "Set as default" button
  • Advanced Preferences

See also

• The expert view was formerly named Expert mode. But it is not a working mode.

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