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<chapter id="gramps-mainwin">
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<title>Main Window</title>
<para>When you open a database (either existing or brand new),
the following window is displayed.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Main Window ==== -->
<figure id="mainwin-fig">
<title>GRAMPS Main Window</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows GRAMPS main window. Contains titlebar, menubar,
toolbar, sidebar, display area, statusbar, progressbar, and
scrollbars. Menubar contains File, Edit, View, Go, Bookmarks,
Reports, Tools, Settings, and Help menus. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<para>The &app; window contains the following elements: </para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Menubar</term>
<listitem><para>The menubar is located at the very top of the window
(right below the window title) and provides access to all features of
&app; through its menus.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Toolbar</term>
<listitem><para> The toolbar is located immediately below the menubar.
The toolbar provides access to the most frequently used functions
of &app;. The appearance of the toolbar
can be adjusted in the <guilabel>Preferences</guilabel>
dialog. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Progressbar</term>
<listitem><para>The progressbar is located in the lower left corner
of the &app; window. It displays the
progress of time consuming operations, such as opening and saving
large data bases, importing and exporting to other formats, generating
web sites, etc. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Statusbar</term>
<listitem><para>The statusbar is located to the right of the
progressbar, on the very bottom of the &app; window.
It displays information about current &app;
activity and contextual information about the menu items.
The behavior of the statusbar can be adjusted in
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>Display area</term>
<listitem><para>The largest area in the center of the
&app; window is the display area.
It shows certain aspects of genealogical information, depending on the
currently selected View. The following six Views are available
in &app;:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>People View</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Family View</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Pedigree View</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Sources View</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Places View</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Media View</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
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<sect1 id="gramps-views">
<title>Views</title>
<para>Views are the various ways to display different aspects of
genealogical information, as described below. Since the relevant
information is very broad and non-uniform in both context and modality,
it is best to split its display into smaller categories, uniform in
context and modality. Each View represents such a split and displays a
certain portion of overall available information. Before the detailed
description of available Views, let us guide you through the ways of
switching between the Views.</para>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="view-modes">
<title>Switching Views and Viewing Modes</title>
<para>Depending on the state of the <menuchoice>
<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> menu item, the View could be switched either in the
sidebar or in the notebook tabs in the top part of the window.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Sidebar mode,
click on the desired sidebar icon.</term>
<listitem>
<!-- ==== Figure: Sidebar Mode ==== -->
<figure id="side-nofilt-fig">
<title>Sidebar Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/mainwin.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows sidebar viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>To switch the View while in a Notebook mode,
click on the desired notebook tab.</term>
<listitem>
<!-- ==== Figure: Tabbed Notebook Mode ==== -->
<figure id="noside-nofilt-fig">
<title>Tabbed Viewing Mode</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/noside-nofilt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows tabbed viewing mode. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>To switch between sidebar and notebook viewing modes,
choose <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Sidebar</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice> from the &app; menu.</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="people-view">
<title>People View</title>
<para>When &app; first opens a database,
the View is set to the People View (<xref linkend="side-nofilt-fig"/>
and <xref linkend="noside-nofilt-fig"/>). The People View lists
individuals whose data is stored in the database.</para>
<para> The individuals are arranged in a tree-like structure,
according to their family names. Every family name is a node of the
tree. Clicking the arrow on the left of the node will toggle its
expansion state. When expanded, the node's contents is listed in the
window. When collapsed, the contents is rolled up and not visible.
However, all the data is still intact, it is just not being displayed.
</para>
<para>The People View in its default state
displays people's <guilabel>Names</guilabel>,
&app; <guilabel>ID</guilabel> numbers,
<guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
their <guilabel>Birth</guilabel> and <guilabel>Death dates</guilabel>.
The list can be ordered by any field. </para>
<tip id="columns-tip"><title>Order list by selected column</title>
<para>To order list by the Birth date, click on the
<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column heading. To order list in
reverse (descending) order, click one more time on the desired column
heading. </para> </tip>
<para>The columns of the view may be
added, removed, or reordered in a <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
see <xref linkend="column-editor-fig"/>. Only checked columns will be shown
in the view. To change their order, drag any column to its desired place inside
the editor. Clicking <guibutton>OK</guibutton> will reflect the changes
in the People View. To incoke <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>,
choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Column
Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<tip id="columns-tip2"><title>Other Views</title>
<para>The <guilabel>Column Editor</guilabel> is available
and works in the same way for all list views, not only People View.</para> </tip>
<!-- ==== Figure: Enabled Filter ==== -->
<figure id="column-editor-fig">
<title>Column Editor Dialog</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/column-editor.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows column editor dialog. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<sect3 id="filters">
<title>Filters</title>
<para>Genealogical databases may contain huge numbers of people.
Since the long lists are hard for humans to handle,
&app; provides a convenient way to limit
the scope of browsing by using the filter. To save screen space,
filter controls may be hidden, depending on the state of
<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Enabled Filter ==== -->
<figure id="side-filt-fig">
<title>Filter Controls Displayed</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/side-filt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows filter controls. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>When &app; opens a database, the
filter is set to the trivial filter called <guilabel>All
people</guilabel>, i.e. no filtering is in effect. To choose a
filter, use the pop-up <guilabel>Filter</guilabel> menu above the
people's list. Once the filter is chosen, click the
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button in the upper right corner of the
window. The filtering will take effect upon clicking the
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. </para>
<tip id="filt-tip"><title>Example filter use</title>
<para>To show males only, choose
<guilabel>Males</guilabel> filter, then click the
<guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button. To cancel any filtering, set
the filter to <guilabel>Entire Database</guilabel>
and then click the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button.</para>
</tip>
<note id="filt-note">
<title>Filtering is persistent</title>
<para> Even if the filter controls are not displayed
(<menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item is
unchecked), the filtering might still be in place. In other words,
the visibility of the filter controls is not related to the actual
filtering imposed on the list.</para>
<para>This may be a cause of confusion, when
you enable the filtering and then remove the controls from the
display. If in doubt, enable the display of filter controls by
checking <menuchoice> <guimenu>View</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Filter</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> menu item and check
what kind of filtering is currently set.</para>
</note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
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<sect2 id="family-view">
<title>Family View</title>
<para>Family View displays the family information of a currently
selected (or Active) person. Specifically, this view shows the
relationships (e.g marriages, partnerships, etc.) of the active
person, his/her parents (or step parents, or guardians, etc), and
his/her children (could be step children, adopted children, etc.).
</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Family View ==== -->
<figure id="family-fig">
<title>Family View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/family.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Family View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Active person's data is in the list box in the upper left
corner of the window. Directly below it, another box lists the Spouse's
data, for each relationship of Active person (can be more than one).
The double-arrow button to the right of the Active person list box
allows you to exchange the currently selected spouse (Current spouse)
with the Active person. Double-clicking on the Active person allows the
editing of Active person's data. Double-clicking on the Current spouse
allows you to edit their relationship information. Shift-clicking on
the Current spouse allows the editing of the Current spouse's data.</para>
<para> To add a new relationship use one of the two upper buttons to the
right of the spouse box. Click the top one to add a new person to a
database and to the new relationship. Click the middle one to add a
person already existing in the database to the new relationship.
To remove Current spouse, click the lowest button
(<guibutton>-</guibutton>) to the
right of the spouse box. Note that removing a spouse from the
relationship does not remove the person from the database. Most of these
functions are also available by right-clicking into the spouse box and
selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. </para>
<para>The parents of both the Active person and the Current spouse
are listed in the corresponding list boxes in the right-hand part of
the window (Active person's parents on top, Current spouse parents
on the bottom). Both list boxes have a set of three buttons on their
right side. The <guibutton>+</guibutton> and <guibutton>-</guibutton>
buttons allow you to add and remove parents of the Active person and the
Current spouse, respectively. Clicking the right arrow button
makes the family in the corresponding list box an active family.
That is, it makes the selected Father the Active person, and the
selected Mother the Current spouse. Most of these
functions are also available by right-clicking into the parent box and
selecting an appropriate items from the context menu. </para>
<para>The bottom list box displays children of the Active person and
the Current Spouse. The Children's list can be ordered by the Birth date
in the usual way of clicking on the <guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> column
header. In addition to the <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Gender</guilabel>, and
<guilabel>Birth date</guilabel> columns, the list includes a
<guilabel>Status</guilabel> column. The pair of status words reflect the
relationship between the child and his Father/Mother (such as Birth, Adoption,
etc.). <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> can be used to change
column arrangement.
Four buttons are available on the right side of the
children list box. The top (left arrow) button makes
the selected child the Active person. The next two buttons add a new
child to the family: the upper one adds a new person to the database
and to the family, the lower one just adds a person existing in the
database to the family. Finally, the lowest <guibutton>-</guibutton>
button removes the selected child from the family. Note that removing
a child from the family does not remove the person from the
database. Most of these functions are also available by right-clicking
into the children box and selecting an appropriate items from the
context menu.</para>
<para>The layout of the Family View can be switched from the
left-to-right arrangement (shown above) to the top-to-bottom
arrangement (shown below). This can be done in the
<guilabel>Display</guilabel> section of the
<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog. The top-to-bottom view
has the same functionality as the left-to-right view. </para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Family View ==== -->
<figure id="family-alt-fig">
<title>Alternative Family View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/family-alt.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Alternative Family View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="pedigree-view">
<title>Pedigree View</title>
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
<figure id="pedigree-fig">
<title>Pedigree View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/pedigree.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Pedigree View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Pedigree View helps to visualize the place of the Active
person in the tree of his/her ancestors. The Pedigree View shows four
generations, going back in time from the Active person
<guilabel>1</guilabel> to his/her parents <guilabel>2</guilabel>,
to grandparents <guilabel>3</guilabel>, to great-grandparents
<guilabel>4</guilabel>.
Each person is denoted by a box bearing the person's name.
The two lines that converge on the box represent ties with the
person's Father (top line) and mother (bottom line). Solid lines
represent birth relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth
relations (such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.).
When the mouse moves over the white box, it expands to display the
corresponding person's dates of birth and death. When the mouse is
placed over the family line, the line become highlighted to indicate
an active link: double-clicking on the line makes the corresponding
ancestor the Active person. The display in that case is re-adjusted
to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
person. </para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
<figure id="pedigree-child-cut-fig">
<title>Children Menu</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/pedigree-child-cut.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Children Menu in Pedigree View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The left-hand side of the window shows the left arrow button.
Upon clicking, the button expands to the menu listing the children
of the Active person. Selecting the menu item makes the corresponding
child the Active person. The appearance of the children's names
in the menu serves to differentiate the "dead ends" of the tree from
the continuing branches as follows. The children who have children
appear in the menu in the boldface and italic typeset, while the
children without children ("dead ends") appear in a regular
font. If the Active person has a single child, no menu will be
displayed (since there is no choice) and the child will become
the Active person upon clicking the arrow button. </para>
<para>The right-hand side of the window shows two right arrow buttons.
When the top button is clicked, the Father of the Active person
becomes the Active person. Clicking the bottom button makes the Mother of
the Active person the Active person. Again, the display is re-adjusted
to show four generations, starting from the newly selected Active
person.</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
<figure id="pedigree-siblings-cut-fig">
<title>Personal Context Menu</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/pedigree-siblings-cut.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Context Menu in Pedigree View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>
Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will bring up the
context menu. Among other useful items, the context menu has submenus
listing <guilabel>Spouses</guilabel>, <guilabel>Siblings</guilabel>,
<guilabel>Children</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Parents</guilabel>
of that person. Insensitive (greyed out) submenus indicate the absense
of the data in the appropriate category. Similarly to the children menu above,
children's and parents' menus distinguish continuing lines from dead ends.
</para>
<!-- ==== Figure: Pedigree View ==== -->
<figure id="pedigree-anchor-fig">
<title>Pedigree View with the Anchor</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/pedigree-anchor.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Pedigree View with the anchor set. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>An additional advanced scheme of labeling generations exists in
Pedigree View. It becomes available by setting the anchor on some active
person. If the anchor is set, the generations are labeled as follows.
The anchor
person (and his/her generation) is labeled as <guilabel>0</guilabel>.
The ancestor generations are numbered with positive integers
(<guilabel>1</guilabel>, <guilabel>2</guilabel>, <guilabel>3</guilabel>,
etc.) while the descendant generations are numbered with negative integers
(<guilabel>-1</guilabel>, <guilabel>-2</guilabel>, <guilabel>-3</guilabel>,
etc.). In all cases, the number represents the number of generations
between the labeled generation and the anchor person. In this mode,
you can travel along the extensive pedigree line and see the number
of generations counting from the anchor person.</para>
<para>To set the anchor, select the <guilabel>Set anchor</guilabel> menu
item from the right-click context menu, when the desired person is the
Active person in the Pedigree View. The labels will change immediately,
and the name of the anchor person will appear at the lower left corner
of the display area.
The set anchor person will stay in effect until either the anchor is
removed (by selecting the <guilabel>Remove anchor</guilabel> item from the
context menu) or until the active person chosen is unrelated to the anchor
person. The latter move can be made using extensive navigation tools
available in &app;, see <xref linkend="gramps-nav"/> for the detailed
reference.
</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="sources-view">
<title>Sources View</title>
<!-- ==== Figure: Sources View ==== -->
<figure id="sources-fig">
<title>Sources View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/sources.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Sources View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Sources View lists the sources of information stored in the
database. This can include various documents (birth, death, and
marriage certificates, etc.), books, films, journals, private diaries,
i.e. virtually anything that can be classified as a source of
information. The sources can be used as a reference for any event
stored in the database. The Source View lists the
<guilabel>Title</guilabel>, <guilabel>ID</guilabel>, and the
<guilabel>Author</guilabel> of the source. Any column can be
used for sorting the list. The usual rules apply: one click for
ascending order, another click for descending order.
<guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> may be used to rearrange
the displayed columns.</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="places-view">
<title>Places View</title>
<!-- ==== Figure: Places View ==== -->
<figure id="places-fig">
<title>Places View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/places.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Places View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Places View lists the geographical places in which the events
of the database took place. These could be places of birth, death,
and marriages of people, as well as their home, employment, education
addresses, or any other conceivable reference to the geographical
location. The Places View lists the places' <guilabel>Name</guilabel>,
<guilabel>ID</guilabel>, <guilabel>Church Parish</guilabel>,
<guilabel>City</guilabel>, <guilabel>County</guilabel>,
<guilabel>State</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Country</guilabel>. All of
these columns can be used for sorting by the usual sorting rules.
<guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel> may be used to rearrange
the displayed columns.</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ================ Main Window Sub-subsection -->
<sect2 id="media-view">
<title>Media View</title>
<!-- ==== Figure: Media View ==== -->
<figure id="media-fig">
<title>Media View</title>
<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
fileref="figures/media.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
<textobject>
<phrase>Shows Media View. </phrase>
</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
<para>The Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the database.
Media Objects are any files that relate somehow to the stored
genealogical data. Technically, any file can be stored as a Media
Object. Most frequently, these are images, audio files, animation
files, etc. The list box on the bottom lists the Name, ID, Type, and
Path to the Media Object. <guilabel>Column Editor Dialog</guilabel>
may be used to rearrange the displayed columns, which obey usual
sorting rules. The top part of the GRAMPS window shows
a preview (if available) and information about the Media
Object. </para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>