Family Historian User Group

davidf wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2022 11:24

... For instance you are using a supplied text scheme, whilst I use a highly customised text scheme...

David, just for the record, my working text scheme is exceedingly customised.

tatewise wrote: ↑

22 Jan 2022 17:24

Is that because you want to avoid scrolling through to the end?

no, Mike, because I want a library of "choice cuts" - thanks for the tip, though

My initial thoughts on scope:... Wish I could bookmark a post, instead of just a topic! You've put a lot of effort into listing those areas for attention. They must call for at least a dozen, possibly 20 or more, Wish List Requests. I haven't got time at the moment to give much thought to this part...

Idiotic choice of Subject, that. How about: "Diagram Window: Pop-up, Movable, Non-Modal, Multiple Instance, Read-only, My Custom View of Properties that I'm used to using via my favourite Diagram Custom Text Scheme"? P.S. What's the deal with "Famous" now? I didn't ask for that. In fact "Diamond" fe...

(I would then want to be able, via a right-click, to switch between the individual in the Properties box and the individual in the pop-up - which would mean using something like the "find in diagram functionality" to position the correct individual under the pop-up!) Sorry, must be getting tired. C...

I can see significant benefit in that - particularly for navigating complex trees. You would however want a right click on the pop-up to take you to the Properties box for editing. One particular benefit is that you could select one individual and bring up its Properties box and then hover over ano...

In the current state of FH this could mean having a diagram with one text scheme, but being able to specify a different text scheme for the pop-up - via the Diagram Options dialog? Yes. At the moment it's straightforward (if clumsy via menus & dialog) to add any Individual of interest in the curren...

Trying to understand what you are after: Over say a simple "name, BMD" diagram you would like to be able to hover the mouse over an individual and if you hesitate - for say a second (configurable) - you get a "pop-up" box which can display for the name over which you are hovering a specifiable high...

May I correct some of your apparent misunderstandings without detracting from your feature requests? Yes, please!!! When choosing a Custom Diagram Type that also chooses its associated Text Scheme. You don't have to use the Diagram > Options > Text tab to choose the Text Scheme. I'm prone to mis-na...

I think we have correctly corralled this discussion in the right forum (New Wish List Requests) which is used for ... The moderators (and you) may feel that I have excessively broadened the scope of the discussion (under [2] above) in to a wider discussion of potential improvements to the presentat...

Unless I have misunderstood, FH can do some things very similar to that already. Thanks for taking the trouble to help, Mike. (You weren't trying to discourage me?) :) As always, I agree with you, up to a point: FH can do some things very similar to that already. But not the way I would like it to ...

davidf wrote: ↑

21 Jan 2022 13:00

Yes, but!

I'm fascinated by this discussion (though most of it goes over my head).

From my point of view, the subject matter has much broader potential and consequences, deserving more focused debate.
Would you be agreeable to moving this to another topic?

This request concerns provision of quick and easy access to comprehensive detail for an individual (and perhaps family) while browsing tree diagrams (e.g. as ancestry or descent, but not limited to those) that show only summary detail. It builds on ideas arising from Wish List Request "Diagram Text ...

... The take-aways from CSS could be:... David, so far out of your league, I have no way of replying usefully to all that. :) Great stuff, and I'm 100% in favour of adopting some kind of CSS-based approach to presentation throughout FH. Yes, as long as it's under the hood. For all we know, Calico m...

davidf wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2022 18:54

It's not just "display" but also print; the @media rule allows you to change the formatting of a screen displayed page so that when printed you can use more appropriate colours and omit or change backgrounds etc.

You know too much for my liking .

davidf wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2022 17:27

Name(m) {color: blue; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: 200%;}
Census {colour: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 100%;}
Census.notes {colour: black; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 100%; indent: 0.5cm;}

Please, take it away, I might change my mind.

... This could involve switching blocks of lines "in" or "out" - but that does not address where for instance in the "Full version" I might want say place and address detail, but in the "Publication version" I might want only place detail. Likewise for compactness in the "Minimal" version I might w...

AdrianBruce wrote: ↑

20 Jan 2022 20:21

Yes, that's a better description than my reaching for Styles in MS Word...

Ouch.

Are you familiar with Cascading Style Sheets as used in webpages? Something similar might do what we want. [Just a few years ago I spent a week or so getting to know CSS. B***y hard work, but I learnt enough for this job: Made a simple database prototype in Access to hold a Thai restaurant's menu (...

Regarding suggestions 1. 2. 3. why not insert below the currently highlighted line? It is unlikely that inserting above the top Name item is needed, and avoids the need of a blank line at the bottom. Well, that makes for an interesting debate. I can see that the "blank line at the bottom" is avoide...

This request concerns maintaining a family of related diagram text schemes, with common layout and style, but with different levels of detail (content). It builds on ideas arising from Wish List Request " Edit Text Scheme: Block Operations ". Context: I try to maintain several text schemes for diffe...

This request concerns the editing controls Add item (Available to Used), Clone Line , Move Up/Down and Copy/Paste . For me it is a long-desired enhancement, suppressed until the revelation that I am not alone in relying heavily on diagrams! Context: Adding an Available item to Used always appends to...

ColeValleyGirl wrote: ↑

19 Jan 2022 10:35

However, there are many good reasons for having multiple projects...

Some of what Paul suggests is worth noting but goes a bit too far. I'm inclined to make a stand here. With complex operations (especially those that are difficult even to describe), I don't care for processes consisting of many layers or stages that execute all at once without "visibility". Especia...

Mark1834 wrote: ↑

16 Jan 2022 13:01

Added in edit -posted simultaneously with Lorna - I think we’re on opposite sides in this debate...

Edit: Redundant now.
Not necessarily, but why not? All good stuff.