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== Categories of the Navigator ==
The different Categories of the [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Navigator|Navigator]]: The navigator is located at the left of the window and allows selection of the different categories.  
{{man tip|By default, the Navigator is configured to select Views by main Category|New users may find that re-configuring to the Drop-Down option would make selecting the alternate View modes more intuitive. The Drop-down and Expander options create mode selectors in close proximity to the Category icon and those interface options will not change with context.}}
[[File:Navigator-mode-selection-dropdownlist-50.png|right|thumb|400px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Navigator mode selection drop down list]]
 
*{{man label|{{icon|gram}} '''[[#Dashboard_Category|Dashboard]]'''}}: Displays different general purpose Gramplets, small widgets that can help in your genealogical research.
*{{man label|{{icon|peop}} '''[[#People_Category|People]]'''}}: Displays the List of people in the family tree without their connections. This Category contains the PeopleListView and the PeopleTreeView.
*{{man label|{{icon|rela}} '''[[#Relationships_Category|Relationships]]'''}}: Shows Displays the relationships between the Active Person and other people in a textual way. This includes the parents, siblings, spouses, and childrenof that person.
*{{man label|{{icon|fami}} '''[[#Families_Category|Families]]'''}}: Shows the List of families in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|ance}} '''[[#Charts_Category|Charts]]'''}}: Displays graphical trees for the selected person.
*{{man label|{{icon|even}} '''[[#Events_Category|Events]]'''}}: Displays the List of events in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|plac}} '''[[#Places_Category|Places]]'''}}: Displays the List of places in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|geog}} '''[[#Geography_Category|Geography]]'''}}: Displays place data of your family tree on a map.
*{{man label|{{icon|sour34}} '''[[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Categories#Sources_Category|Sources]]'''}}: Displays the List of sources in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|cite}} '''[[#Citations_Category|Citations]]'''}}: Displays the List of citations in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|repo}} '''[[#Repositories_Category|Repositories]]'''}}: Displays the List of repositories in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|medi}} '''[[#Media_Category|Media]]'''}}: Displays the List of media objects in the family tree.
*{{man label|{{icon|note}} '''[[#Notes_Category|Notes]]'''}}: Displays the List of notes in the family tree.
[[File:Navigator-mode-selection-drop-down-51.png|284px|thumb|right|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} [[Gramps_5.1_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Drop-Down_navigator_mode|Drop-Down navigator mode]] showing People Category view modes]]
The categories can contain several ways of presenting the data. Each specific way is called a View mode.
In addition, there are a number of Third party Gramplets that you can easily install and use. These include:
[[File:ConfigureView_51win.png|right|thumb|250px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Configure the active view button]]
*{{man label|Headline News Gramplet}} - current, breaking news from Gramps
*{{man label|Data Entry Gramplet}} - edit active person's name, birth date and place, death date and place, and add people
and many others. See [[Third-party Addons]] for more details.
To change For more detailed information on using the number of columns or the options for the displayed installed Gramplets, see [[Gramps 5.1 Wiki Manual - Gramplets|Gramplets]]. {{-}}=== Gramplet panels, click the Layout ===[[File:GrampsConfigureTheActiveView-icon-on-toolbar-config51.png|34px]]right|thumb|350px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} {{man button|Configure...the active view}} button. ]]
For more detailed information You can change the {{man label|Number of Columns:}} for the Dashboard on using the installed Gramplet Layout tab or change the options for the other displayed Grampletson the related tabs, see click the [[File:Gramps 5-config.1 Wiki Manual - Grampletspng|Gramplets34px]]{{man button|Configure the active view}} button.{{-}}
== People Category ==
In the {{man label|People Category}} the {{man label|[[#People_List_View|People List view]]}} or {{man label|[[#Tree_View_-_Grouped_People|Grouped People]]}}(default) views display a list of all people in the databasefamily tree without their connections. From this view, you may add, edit, remove, or merge people. Each view (List or Grouped) display several columns of information about each person.
By default, the view displays the <code>Name</code>, <code>ID</code>, <code>Gender</code>, <code>Birth Date</code> and <code>Death Date</code> columns for each Person. Additional columns for <code>Birth Place</code>, <code>Death Place</code>, <code>Spouse</code>, <code>Number of Parents</code>, <code>Number of Marriages</code>, <code>Number of Children</code>, <code>Number of To Do Notes</code>, <code>Private</code>, <code>Tags</code> and <code>Last Changed</code> may be displayed. The People view also defaults to showing the [[#People_Category_Sidebar|Sidebar]] tabs and [[#People_Category_Bottombar_tabs|Bottombar]]
[[File:Toolbar-Place-Options_51.png|center|400px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Configure Relationships Category - Content (tab)]]
The Places View lists the places' {{man label|Name}} , {{man label|Title}} , {{man label|ID}} , {{man label|Type}} , {{man label|Code}} , {{man label|Latitude}} , {{man label|Longitude}} , {{man label|Private}} , {{man label|Tags}} , and {{man label|Last Changed}}. All of these columns can be used for sorting by clicking on a column heading.
{{man tip|When giving a map co-ordinate, latitude always precedes longitude|Latitude (north or south) parallels and longitude (east or west) meridians are divided in degrees (&deg;), minutes (&rsquo;) and seconds (&rdquo;). There are 60 minutes to a degree and 60 seconds to a minute.}}
====&#x2699; Configuration Options====
[[File:Menubar-View-overview-example-50.png|right|thumb|400px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} View menu for the People category View]]
===Map Service===
{{man notewarn|This feature is limitedneeds Longitude and Latitude in Places|And may If the enclosed Place record does not yet have coordinates information, then Gramps will not always produce request a map service marker for the results you desirePlace associated with that person or event.}}
[[File:PlacesCategory-AttemptToSeeSelectedLocation-example-50.png|right|thumb|450px|Fig. {{#var:chapter}}.{{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Places Category - "Attempt to see selected locations with a Map Service (OpenstreetMap, Google Maps, ..." button - example]]
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