Merkaartor

Friedrich Volkmann wrote:

In Merkaartor 0.16, this could all be done in move mode. Nodes could be created via virtual nodes. In 0.17, I see no virtual nodes any more. It seems that they are gone, although the option in the preferences still exists. It is now possible to make a node by double clicking in select mode. But who wants to switch between move and select mode hundreds of times?

1) Virtual Nodes are still there. Haven't you disabled their display in the "show" menu? You already have found out that they can be enabled/disabled via the properties.
2) In Properties, disabling "Separate move mode" allows you to move stuff in select mode. In this mode, you can only move selected items.

Searching for an alternative, I found out that moving is also possible in node mode. (This had aleady been a feature of 0.16, but I didn't know.) I find this even better than the virtual node approach. I just wonder why the moving nodes in node mode always snap to a wide-meshed, invisible grid? For fine-grained placement, that makes me need to zoom in, which increases traffic and server load by reloading the background image.

This has already been noticed. This is due to the fact that moving is done based upon geo coordinates (rather than display X/Y). This has the side effect that multiple display X/Y values are equivalent to the same coordinates (especially at low zoom levels), thus the "snapping effect".
You can create a "Feature" ticket to remind me to have a look to see if something can be done.

- Chris -

Indeed, I overlooked that virtual nodes need to be enabled in the "show" menu too.
Moving based on display x/y would be great, nonetheless.