Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/SelectAction.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/SelectAction.java	(revision 18767)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/mapmode/SelectAction.java	(revision 18768)
@@ -786,5 +786,5 @@
             startEN = currentEN; // drag can continue after scaling/rotation
 
-            if (mode != Mode.ROTATE && mode != Mode.SCALE || SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(mouseEvent)) {
+            if ((mode != Mode.ROTATE && mode != Mode.SCALE) || SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(mouseEvent)) {
                 return false;
             }
Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/OsmIdSelectionDialog.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/OsmIdSelectionDialog.java	(revision 18767)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/dialogs/OsmIdSelectionDialog.java	(revision 18768)
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.SimplePrimitiveId;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.ExtendedDialog;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.Notification;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.datatransfer.ClipboardUtils;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.widgets.HistoryComboBox;
@@ -222,5 +223,12 @@
         String buf = ClipboardUtils.getClipboardStringContent();
         if (Utils.isEmpty(buf)) return;
-        if (buf.length() > Config.getPref().getInt("downloadprimitive.max-autopaste-length", 2000)) return;
+        final int maxPasteLength = Config.getPref().getInt("downloadprimitive.max-autopaste-length", 2000);
+        if (buf.length() > maxPasteLength) {
+            new Notification(tr("Clipboard has more than {0} characters. Not auto-pasting.\n" +
+                    "You may want to use Overpass instead.", maxPasteLength))
+                    .setIcon(JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE)
+                    .show();
+            return;
+        }
         final List<SimplePrimitiveId> ids = SimplePrimitiveId.fuzzyParse(buf);
         if (!ids.isEmpty()) {