[Gramps-users] Clarification on the changes to Relationship View

[Don A. <don...@co...>]

There have been several questions sent to me about the changes on the
Relationship View in 2.2.3 and 2.2.4, so I thought I would clarify
things a bit.

As some of you have noticed, by default, a lot of the buttons are gone
in the Relationship View. This was done for a couple of reasons:

1) The buttons cluttered up the display and caused confusion.
2) Many of the buttons were redundant.

So, below is a mini-FAQ on the issues.

  Q. Where did the Edit icons go that were next to each person?

  A. If you right click on a name, a menu pops up allowing you
     to select "Edit". This will edit the person.=20

  Q. But I liked the buttons! Isn't there anyway to bring these
     back?

  A. Yes. In the preferences, select the option that says "Display
     edit buttons in Relationship View"

  Q. Why did the default change?

  A. Because the Relationship View is more about the relationships
     between people instead of an individual specific information.
     So this view now emphasizes the relationships instead of the=20
     specific information about the people. All this is still=20
     available, but it is just not the default.

  Q. What happened to the buttons to add a new or select parents=20
     and to add a new spouse? These where right beside each Parents
     or Family label.

  A. These buttons caused a fair amount of confusion, because if
     multiple sets of parents or families existed, each section
     had its own set of buttons that performed the exact same task.
     To eliminate the redundancy and to be more consistent with the
     other views, these buttons were removed off the view and replaced
     with buttons on the toolbar.