Addon:Life Line Chart View

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Life Line Chart View - addon - Visualizing an ancestors tree (Gramps 5.1.x version)
Life Line Chart View - addon - Visualizing a descendant tree with photos (Gramps 5.1.x version)
Life Line Chart View - addon - Visualizing a larger ancestor tree (Gramps 5.1.x version)

Life Line Chart View is an interactive Charts Charts category view addon which shows individuals as lines in an ancestor or descendant chart. The length and position of the line depends on the actual life span and the marriages. The pedigree/ancestor collapse is handled. Labels for birth / names, death, and marriages can be added.

The active person on the person tab is starting point in both charts. Birth/christening/baptism, death/burial, and marriage dates need to be available to properly draw this chart. If they are incomplete reasonable guess values are chosen if possible. If not, then these individuals are not shown

Usage

Two new chart icons will appear in the Charts Charts category view tool bar if the addon was loaded successfully and the prerequisites have been installed: LifeLineChartView default Toolbar-Icons-51.png

  • Life Line Ancestor Chart View (left icon)
  • Life Line Descendant Chart View (right icon)


  • You may zoom (if the chart is focused) with
    • Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-
    • Ctrl+mouse wheel
    • the GUI control buttons (+, -, fit to view, reset to 1)
  • Scrolling is possible (if the chart is focused) with
    • mouse wheel, Shift+mouse wheel
    • Ctrl+left mouse button (grabbing)
  • Context menu enables
    • Opening the edit dialog
    • Change active person
    • Show / hide persons and their ancestors / descendants
    • Showing siblings in the ancestor chart
  • You may lock Ctrl with the GUI control button "M"
  • You may also use the filter to fade out individuals
  • A tooltip shows the name, gramps id, birth and death date of the person.

Configure Options

Life Line Chart View - addon - Configure dialog (Gramps 5.1.x version)

The Configure the active view dialog shows two tabs of option that you can configure independently for the charts.

General Layout

  • number of generations.
  • shape and warp variants.
  • label layout.
  • coloring.
  • sizing.
  • line weighting in descendant diagram.
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Label Configuration

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Features

  • Photos of the persons can be displayed along the line. Their position is either based on the date that is set in the media object, or displayed in the order of appearance in the family tree.
Life Line Chart View - addon - Visualizing a ancestor tree with photos (Gramps 5.1.x version)
  • Overview map on the bottom left.
  • The diagram can be exported as an SVG file using the Save the Life Line Chart View button.
  • Layout optimization algorithms.
  • Dark theme.
  • Handling of pedigree collapse.

Prerequisites

If the requirements for this addon have not already been installed you will be prompted to downloaded them semi-automatically.

The addon is based on the python module life_line_chart. This python module and the dependent module (svgwrite) are required.

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Issues

For current issues see the related tag LifeLineChartView on the bugtracker.