GRAMPS User Manual
<<< Previous |  | Next >>>

# People View

The People View window is the initial view seen on the main window. It displays the name, gender, birth date, and death date of all individuals in the database. At any time, you can return to this view either by pressing the People button at the top of the screen, or by choosing the + + + + + + + +View+ + + + + + + + + ->People+ + + + + + + + entry from the menus.

Figure 3. People View

## Selecting and Editing Individuals

The People View lists the individuals in the database. An individual can be selected as the active person by clicking on an entry in the list. Once a person has been selected as the active person, the person's name appears in the status bar in the lower left hand corner of the window.

Once the active person has been selected, pressing the Edit Person button will display the Edit Person dialog allowing you to edit the individual's personal information. If the Edit Person button is pressed without an active person being set, a blank Edit Person dialog is presented, allowing you to enter a new person.

Double-clicking on a entry in the list will set the active person and bring up the individual in the Edit Person dialog.

Pressing the Add Person button will display a blank Edit Person dialog, allowing you to add a new person to the database.

If the Delete Person button is pressed, the active person and all of the personal information related to the active person are removed from the database.

## Applying Filters

`GRAMPS` allows you to apply filters to the People View. When a filter is applied, the People View will only display the entries matching the filter. All of the entries remain in the database, but some entries may be temporarily hidden.

There are up to three parts to a filter. The first part is the selection of the filter to be applied. A filter is selected from the option menu directly above the People View. The second part is an optional argument. This qualifier provides more specific information for the filter. Many filters do not require the argument, and it will not be displayed if it is not needed. If the argument is required, a text box with a descriptive label will appear. The third part of the filter is the invert selection. When this option is selected, `GRAMPS` will display the entries that do not match the filter.

Figure 4. Filter that requires an argument

A filter is not applied until the Apply button is pressed. The filter will remain in effect until the next time the Apply button is pressed.

## Sorting

Four columns are shown in the People View display. The entries in the list can be sorted by three of the fields: Name, Birth Date, or Death Date. Clicking on the column label will cause the list to be re-sorted by that column. Arrows on the label indicate whether the list is sorted by ascending or descending order.

If the list is already sorted by a particular column, clicking on the same column label will switch the sorting order. For example, if the list is currently sorted in ascending order by Name, clicking on the Name column header will re-sort the list in descending order.

<<< Previous | Home | Next >>>
Getting Started |  | Editing a person's data