Addon:TimelinePedigreeView

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Marriage missing date. When a marriage does not have a date, then the actual marriage will not show as connecting lines on the view. Just add a date to make the marriage union visible.

The Timeline pedigree View shows a pedigree of descendants as well as ancestors and also the timeline for each person's life.

Fig. TimelinePedigreeView.1 Timeline pedigree View - Addon for Charts Category - display example

Usage

• Select the Charts Category
• Select the Timeline pedigree icon from the toolbar

• The following keyboard command works on the view
  • F2 : Display home person if set.

Context Menus

Two different context menus (via right-click) are available. The context is based on whether a Person box is indicated or not.

Blank section

Fig. TimelinePedigreeView.2 Blank area Context Menu

Using the context menu on a blank section of the canvas will allow you to adjust and change various options (See Fig. TimelinePedigreeView.2)

• Home - re-center on the home person
• Show images
• Show marriage data
• Order by timeline
• Show lifespan
• Mouse Scroll direction
  • Top<->Bottom - use with Shift modifier key
  • Left<->Right - default - no modifier key
• Descendant Generations
  • select from 1 to 9 generations (default 3 )
• Ancestor Generations
  • select from 1 to 9 generations (default 4 )

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• About Timeline Pedigree View - This help page.

Person box

Fig. TimelinePedigreeView.2 Timeline pedigree View - Addon for Charts Category - Person (box) Context Menu - display example

Using the context menu on a person box will show additional options (See Fig. TimelinePedigreeView.3)

• «name of indicated person» re-center on this person
• Edit
• Copy
• Spouses
  • list of spouses
• Siblings
  • list of siblings
• Children
  • list of children
• Parents
  • «name of indicated person's father»
  • «name of indicated person's mother»
• Related
  • list of family members where person is a child

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repeat of the above Blank Section context menu

Issues

• Issues/Feature requests tagged as TimelinePedigreeView