Canvas Modes

The map canvas has four modes that you can swap between using the floating toolbar on the canvas, or with a keyboard shortcut.

Mode	Shortcut	What it’s for
Pan	V	Navigating the map
Select	S	Selecting layers and features
Edit	E	Reshaping a feature’s vertices
Draw	D	Creating new features

While in any mode other than Pan, hold Space to pan temporarily without switching modes.

Pan mode

Drag to pan a flat map, or drag to rotate the globe.

Select mode

Click, shift-click, or drag a marquee to select layers, or double-click into a layer to select its features. Once something is selected, an action bar offers operations that depend on the selection.

For the full selection model, see Selecting layers and Working with Features.

Edit mode

Reshape a feature by dragging its vertices directly on the canvas, and add or remove vertices as needed.

For the full workflow see Editing Features.

Draw mode

Create new point, line, and polygon features by drawing them on the canvas. See Drawing.