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== Preferences ==
[[File:PlaceCleanupPref.png|thumb|left|44px|alt="Preferences icon"]][[File:PlaceCleanupPrefDialog.png|thumb|right|350px|Place Cleanup Gramplet - Preferences]]
The Gramplet Preferences is accessed via the Preferences button (located in the top right of the main view of the Gramplet, next to the Title field). The button should appear in the far upper right of the Gramplet.
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* {{man label|Matches}} status. This small status block is located on the left side of the Gramplet, just below the 'Title' label. It indicates the number of matching places found when searching the local Places list or the GeoNames database. The status also indicates where the matches were found, either 'Local', or 'GeoNames'.
* {{man label|Search result places}} list. This area lists the found matches. The user should select the correct match for the place under investigation, and either press the {{man button|Select}} or double-click, press 'Enter' or 'Space' to move to the result/edit screen.
:: There are two columns in this list, the names, and the 'Types' columns. The names are comma separated places in the hierarchy, as found in the local database, or in GeoNames. The 'Type' column in the Places view shows the Gramps Type, when showing places from the local database, and shows [https://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html GeoNames types Feature Codes] that includes a Feature class letter followed by a colon, then a type) when showing results from the GeoNames search.
{{man tip|Avoiding rework|If you search GeoNames for a place in that is already in your database, the search results may return some entries annotated with a red strikethrough. This indicates that those places are already enclosed by the current place and cannot be selected.}}
:: The Type column is provide for informational use only, to help the user determine a bit more about the found place. The GeoNames types Feature Codes are not always obvious; the type [https://poldham.github.io/places/reference/featurecodes.html#format type format] starts with a 'class'; one of 'A'(Administrative place), 'P'(Populated place), or 'S' for 'Administrative place'(Spot). (Of the 9 GeoNames classes, searching <abbr title="Hydrographic Features">H</abbr>, <abbr title="Area Features">L</abbr>, <abbr title="Road / Railroad Features">R</abbr>, <abbr title="Hypsographic Features">T</abbr>, 'Populated place'<abbr title="Undersea Features">U</abbr>, or 'Spot' respectively<abbr title="Vegetation Features">V</abbr> is not supported. ) You can restrict the returned search matches to desired categories with the matching Checkboxes (see below). The remaining part of the type field for GeoNames can be decoded from [http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html| http://www.geonames.org/export/codes.html], if desired.
* ☑{{man label|Populated}} checkbox. If you check this setting, 'Populated Places' (typically cities, towns, villages etc.) will be returned for a GeoNames search. This setting does not affect a local database search. This is initially enabled, as it allows the search to return what most people expect for a city type search.
* ☑{{man label|Admin}} checkbox. If you check this setting, '[[Gramps_Glossary#administrative_division|Administrative Divisions]]' (countries, states, regions etc.) will be returned for a GeoNames search. This setting does not affect a local database search. . This is initially enabled, as it allows the search to return what most people expect for a county, state, country type search.
