Quick Action

Quick Action Widget is a configurable quick access button on the map with selected actions accessible 'just in 2 clicks'.


First appearing
Long tap and moving
New place

Edit actions list

Add new action

There are 2 ways to add items to the Quick actions list:

Menu → Configure screen → Quick action → …| → Add action(+)


Android	iOS

Click "Quick action" button → "Quick action" menu → Add action


Android	iOS

First you need to select type of the action and then you could change its name and parameters (See below which parameters could be configured for each action type). Every action should have a unique name.

Reorder actions

Quick action panel has only 6 slots for actions per screen. However you could have multiple screens and actions are grouped by the specified order. In order to change the order of items:

Android: Menu → Configure screen → Quick action → Hold & Drag selected action up and down by the icon (three vertical lines) in the list

Android: Open Quick action menu → Long tap on 'Add action' → Hold & Drag selected action up and down by the icon (three vertical lines) in the list

iOS: Menu → Configure screen → Quick action → Click Edit (Pencil icon) → Hold & Drag selected action up and down by the icon (three vertical lines) in the list → Done


Android	iOS

Edit / Remove action

There are several ways how to access Quick Action to edit or delete it:

Long tap on the action (Android)

Open Quick action menu → Long tap on the action (short tap to execute the action)
Delete via "Edit actions" list

Android: Menu → Configure screen → Quick action → Click Delete (Bin icon on the right top corner) → Select actions → Delete

iOS: Menu → Configure screen → Quick action → Click Edit (Pencil icon on the right top corner) → Select actions → Delete


Android	iOS

Quick action types

Create items

Action	Description
Add Favorite	Adds favorite to a selected (center) map location. - Show an interim dialog: displays confirmation dialog - Group: adds favorite to a selected group - Color: adds favorite with a preselected color - Name: adds favorite with a given name prefix
Add track waypoint	Adds new Track waypoint to currently recording track. - Show an interim dialog: displays confirmation dialog - Group: adds favorite to a selected group - Color: adds favorite with a preselected color - Name: adds favorite with a given name prefix
Add map marker	Adds marker to a selected (center) map location.
Add parking place Plugin	Adds parking to a selected (center) map location. Old parking position is deleted.
Add POI Plugin	Adds POI to a selected (center) map location map (same as context menu action). - Show an interim dialog: displays confirmation dialog - POI type (optional): preselect OSM type - Tag/Value (multiple): add OpenStreetMap tags / values
Add OSM Note Plugin	Adds OSM Note - Show an interim dialog: displays confirmation dialog - Message: adds default message to the note
Add media note Android Plugin	Starts audio / photo / video note recording for a selected (center) map location.

Configure map

Action	Description
Show/hide favorites	Show or hide the favourite points on the map.
Show/hide tracks	Show or hide the last visible tracks on the map.
Show/hide POI	Enable or disable POI layer with selected categories. - POI Categories: allows to select multiple categories Note: Action will replace previously selected categories, if POI layer was active before.
Show/hide public transport	Enable or disable public transport map layer. - Transport type (on first click): select one or many options from 'Transport stops', 'Bus, trolleybus, shuttle routes', 'Tram and train routes', 'Subway routes'
Change map source	Create a list of map sources and cycle through them. - Show an interim dialog: displays dialog with maps list - Do not show an interim dialog: map sources will be changed by defined order. - Note: you could have 1 action with multiple map sources or many actions with 1 map source.
Change map overlay	Create a list of map sources as map overlay and cycle through them. Note: works similar to Change map source (see above)
Change map underlay	Create a list of map sources as map underlay and cycle through them. Note: works similar to Change map source (see above)
Change map style	Create a list of map styles for vector maps and cycle through them. Note: works similar to Change map source (see above)
Show/hide Mapillary Plugin	Display or hide Mapillary layer on the map
Show/Hide contour lines Plugin	Display or hide contour lines on the map
Show/hide Terrain Plugin	Display and hide terrain layer on the map
Show/hide OSM notes Plugin	Allows to display on the map all OSM notes

Action	Description
Switch day/night mode	Switche between day and night map modes
Voice on/off	Mute or unmute voice guidance during navigation
Directions from	Mark a selected (center) map location as a point of departure
Set destination	Add a selected (center) map location as a destination. Previous destination becomes last intermediate point.
Add first intermediate	Add a selected (center) map location as first intermediate point. Previous destination stays the same.
Replace destination	Set / Replace a selected (center) map location as a destination. Previous destination is deleted.
Delete nearest destination point	Remove next intermediate point, if present, otherwise removes destination and displays finish navigation dialog. Action is inactive if you don't have any destination.
Auto zoom map on/off	Enable or disable map auto zoom during navigation
Start/stop navigation	Start navigation (if there is a destination point present) or stop navigation
Pause/resume navigation	Pause / Resume navigation
Change app profile	Create a list of application profiles and cycle through them. - Show an interim dialog: displays dialog with profiles list - Do not show an interim dialog: profiles will be changed by defined order. - Note: you could have 1 action with multiple profiles or many actions with 1 profile.

Configure screen

Action	Description
Show/hide Coordinates widget	Show and hide coordinates widget

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