Object selection in iD editor does is not working – the details disappear as soon as I move the mouse

When I click on the street I see its details on the left, but as soon as I move the mouse to the left to edit them, the details disappear! Help, please, I am new to this site.

asked 04 Feb '16, 13:40

Rick Raubenh...
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edited 05 Feb '16, 11:26

aseerel4c26 ♦
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Hello and welcome! Could you please give us a few more details:

What device (PC, tablet, smartphone...) are you using?
What editor are you using? Did you just click the "Edit" button on the main OSM page, in which case you're using the ID editor, or did you select a different editor through the Edit drop-down menu?

(04 Feb '16, 14:24) Lightsider

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That happened to me once. I simply closed the tab and then went back to the site and tried to edit and it worked. No idea what happened there.

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answered 04 Feb '16, 21:54

Big_Borz
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Going out of openstreetmap and back in again seems to have cured it. I can now select a street by clicking on it, and edit its characteristics in the block on the left. Thanks all!

PS: Must I save after every change to a street segment, or can I make many changes to different streets, and save everything at the end? Ta.

(05 Feb '16, 10:49) Rick Raubenh...

@Rick Raubenheimer: regarding your follow-up question: you can/should make many changes (this is what I tried to mention in my second "1." above). E.g. you correct some streetnames in a full quarter and then save them in one go ("changeset") with a comment like "corrected streetnames in quarter xyz after looking at the streetsigns".

Since Big_Borz' suggestion solved your problem, please mark this answer as accepted.

(05 Feb '16, 11:15) aseerel4c26 ♦

The described behaviour matches what you would see in the current default editor iD, so I will comment on this:

You need to click (to "select") the street once (instead of just hovering/mouseover on it)
move your mouse into the side bar
do your name change

As always:

Do other changes which are related (e.g. name changes of other parts of this street)
click the save button
enter a short comment what, why and with which sources you did
click the blue save button in the side bar

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answered 04 Feb '16, 14:25

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