If I double click on a selected child, hoping to make them the focus person, it has no effect.
One has to move the mouse and click on the focus icon. And then the same as one moves to the next sibling.
It could be that fh does not provide this link. But it annoys me. So I think it worth asking whether it is an error? Because in a diagram one can click on any name and it becomes the focus.
* Double clicking on child
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Re: Double clicking on child
What do you have Tools > Preferences > Focus Window > Double Click Action set to?
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Re: Double clicking on child
Can you clarify where you are double-clicking the child?
Is it a Children entry in the Focus Window on the left, or a Children entry in the Spouse tab at the base of Property Box?
BTW: When you double-click a box in a Diagram it opens their Property Box and does NOT become the Focus.
Perhaps you mean you want to see the Property Box of the children?
In the Focus Window just single-click the child and their Property Box is shown on the right.
In the Property Box at the bottom click the blue triangle to the right of the child and their Property Box opens.
Is it a Children entry in the Focus Window on the left, or a Children entry in the Spouse tab at the base of Property Box?
BTW: When you double-click a box in a Diagram it opens their Property Box and does NOT become the Focus.
Perhaps you mean you want to see the Property Box of the children?
In the Focus Window just single-click the child and their Property Box is shown on the right.
In the Property Box at the bottom click the blue triangle to the right of the child and their Property Box opens.
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Re: Double clicking on child
I am double clicking in the focus window. I didnt realise the children were listed in the property box as I usually have that docked top right and have not opened it deep enough, to see children listed there.
I havent used diagrams much.
I havent realised that the focus person and the person in the property box did not have to be the same, nor that one could edit someone in the property box without them being the focus person as well. So the distinction between the two is new to me and I now see the difference between one click and two. Sorry about that.tatewise wrote: ↑09 Sep 2020 11:41Perhaps you mean you want to see the Property Box of the children?
In the Focus Window just single-click the child and their Property Box is shown on the right.
In the Property Box at the bottom click the blue triangle to the right of the child and their Property Box opens.
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Re: Double clicking on child
In your original posting...
It should make the child the Focus person AND open their Property Box.
In your original posting...
Is this double click working for you now?
It should make the child the Focus person AND open their Property Box.
In your original posting...
This confused me because that is NOT what happens, so I posted that the Property Box opens.
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