# Automapping works just once

**URL:** <https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/automapping-works-just-once/418>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/automapping-works-just-once/418 "2015-03-24T01:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![bjorn](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.mapeditor.org/bjorn/32/1599_2.png) [@bjorn](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/u/bjorn)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/automapping-works-just-once/418/11 "2018-09-02T12:22:01Z")

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> [@sancho](#):
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> Automapping is essentially a smart mask or logical masking. It seems like it would be even more useful if you made it a ‘pen’ or stamp type tool instead of affecting the entire map. The user would design the rule much the same as you have it now and then apply the rule using the mouse and selecting locations on the tile map.

While there is no tool for doing this, you can select some area using any of the selection tools and then press `A` to apply automapping to that area. This was [suggested here](http://discourse.mapeditor.org/t/selective-automapping/3093) and works since [Tiled 1.1.4](https://www.mapeditor.org/2018/03/28/tiled-1-1-4-released.html).

In addition you can of course enable “AutoMap While Drawing”, so rules are re-applied in areas you modify with any tool.

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