Make toggling loaded GPS traces more user friendly

[jidanni]

Today we are editing
https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?gpx=11740137

OK, don't ask me why, but I have the sudden urge to turn off the trace.
You know, just get that pink line off the map. Just for a minute please.

Sure, there it is, the

[ ] OpenStreetMap GPS traces

checkbox. But it is
unchecked already! (Of course, because it is referring to all traces,
not just this one trace.)

"Life is over. There's no way to get it off the map."

Then next time don't put that gpx=11740137 in the URL and your life
will get back on track, OK?

"But I'm already halfway through an edit, and the boss is coming up the
stairs, and they don't like pink. OK, and the trace shows I went into their private golf course. Help
fast!"

I mean sometime in the future there needs to be an additional checkbox, or some smarter method, to help the poor user in today's example.

[tyrasd]

gps traces are loaded as custom map data overlays, and can be disabled/enabled in the map data panel:

That said, it could actually be a bit confusing that there is a very similarly named overlay layer… 🤔

[jidanni]

No way.
I clicked the three dots, and there is nothing there about that layer.

Seen in https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?gpx=11740137 .

[tyrasd]

just click on the ☑ checkbox:

[jidanni]

just click on the ☑ checkbox:

And indeed, a miracle occurred. That worked!

And you must be a Ph.D. to have figured that out! So that button controls extra things not listed inside it. Perhaps they should at least also be listed inside it somehow.

That would also give users the power to turn off some of the things that master checkbox controls, instead of all of the things.

[tyrasd]

yeah, I agree that it's not very user friendly.

[DujaOSM]

Honestly, after 6000 edits in iD, I'm still having a hard time finding a checkbox that activates a certain overlay.

May I suggest moving option groups from the current "Background" and "Map Data" into a new "Overlays" option group, such as:

That would also make the "Background" and "Map Data" lighter and easier to navigate.

[tordans]

Honestly, after 6000 edits in iD, I'm still having a hard time finding a checkbox that activates a certain overlay.

I think for "power users" something like #8801 would be a great solution. I know the item am looking for, I just don't know where it is in the hierarchy of the UI … and with this I don't need to.

[DujaOSM]

One does not exclude the other... I still think that the way overlays are currently grouped in iD UI looks completely arbitrary. As I followed the development during last 6-7 years, those option groups started small but swelled over time, and now tend to occupy two screenfuls when expanded, as my mockup illustrates.