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Addon:AttachSourceTool

368 bytes added, 23:35, 30 August 2025
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{{Third-party pluginaddon}}[[File:AttachSource-Tool-dialog-addon-Options-dialogtab-addondefault-example-5060.png|thumb|right|450px|"Attach Source Tool " - dialog - "Options " tab (defaults) - dialog]]The {{man label|Attach Source}} Tool allows you to add a new or existing Source sources to the entire database or selected set of filtered people.__TOC__==Usage==* Once this plugin addon has been installed
* Select Menu {{man menu|Tools > Family Tree Processing -> Attach Source...}}
* From the '''Undo history warning''' dialog you can choose {{man button|Stop}} or {{man button|Proceed with the tool}}.
* The '''{{man label|Options''' }} tab is displayed with the following:**{{man label|Person Filter: }}** '''Entire Database'''(default)**{{man label|Filter Person: }} defaults to the Active Person.**{{man label|Source type: }}** '''New source'''(default), or '** ''Existing source'''.**{{man label|New Source Title: }} Empty textbox by default, that you can type your source details into.**{{man label|Existing Source ID: }} Empty textbox by default, that you can type in the number of an existing source.
Once you have made your choices for the source to be attached you can either choose {{man button|Close}} or {{man button|Execute}} to apply the change.
[[File:AttachSource-Tool-dialog-addon-Results-tab-example-60.png|thumb|right|450px|Attach Source Tool - dialog - Results tab example]] After the change has been made a second the {{man label|Results}} tab appears called "Results" that will become available where you can change to and examine the final resultsand you can also select all and copy the results else where.
Once finished select {{man button|Close}}.
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==Issues==* Missing a Help button pointing to this page {{bug|???}}* Fixed "Results" tab that does not expand as dialog is maximized.{{bug|???}}* Selecting "Execute" a second time with no changes creates a duplicate source for "New Source" , probably should give a warning. {{bug|???}} ===Future plans===
* Add attach source to multiple events using the AttachSourceTool {{bug|4257}}
* Add a method to select the source ID from a popup dialog {{bug|???}}
* Add sources to types of objects other than people (media, events, etc) {{bug|???}}
* Add a Help button pointing to this page {{bug|???}}
* Fix "Results" tab that does not expand as dialog is maximized.{{bug|???}}
* Selecting "Execute" a second time with no changes creates a duplicate source for "New Source" , probably should give a warning. {{bug|???}}
* Be able to reverse/undo a run or provide a dry run option that shows the results of what would be changed {{bug|???}}
* Add a method to select the source ID from a popup dialog {{bug|???}}
 
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