Map editor popup (tutorial / start editing) pops up every time

[jancborchardt]

Currently every time I want to edit on OSM.org, this modal asking me if I’m interested in a tutorial (or just want to start editing) pops up every time. Yes, the new editor is awesome and no, I don’t need a tutorial. ;) At some point in the past I’m pretty sure I did the tutorial and it probably helped me. But now the popup is annoying – every time.

TL;DR: Only show this popup once for a user. When I click »Edit« in the top bar, I want to directly edit. (I assume the tutorial can be accessed otherwise anyway if it’s needed later.)

[tomhughes]

So firstly, that's part of iD so you would need to raise it at https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues rather than here.

But secondly, it does only show it once normally, so there's obviously something odd about your setup that is preventing that - as best I can see from the source it looks like it relies on storing a flag in HTML5 local storage so maybe you are blocking that?

[bhousel]

Yes, to echo what @tomhughes said, iD stores some settings in your browser's localStorage area. If you have disabled this feature or are browsing in incognito mode, you might see the introductory popup every time you use iD.

If you still have an issue with this, please open an issue on the iD project page with some details about which browser you are using.

[jancborchardt]

Thanks for pinting me in the right direction – wasn't sure which component this is part of. Opened openstreetmap/iD#3002 as I think the issue still stands and there could be a better solution than using impermanent local storage.