Re: [Gramps-devel] Gramplet updates

[Brian M. <br...@gr...>]

Doug,

> A couple of things to try: I've been working on
> making a clear distinction
> between what is a Report and what is a Gramplet.
> Gramplets are designed to
> be dynamic extensions to the user interface (UI).
> This means two things:
> they change as you move about your data, and they
> should make the data
> that they display accessible in new ways.
> 
> For example, there has been a Statistics Gramplet,
> but it was really just
> the same code in Brian's "Summary of the Database"
> Report that was of type
> "View". Now it makes each of the items a link that
> will bring up the
> matching items in a Quick View. For example,
> clicking on "Individuals with
> media objects" will show those people.
> 
> Likewise, I've taken Brian's "Number of Generations"
> View Report and added
> it to the bottom of the Pedigree Gramplet. But
> rather than just being a
> list of numbers, it is now a link that will bring up
> the matching people.
> For example, clicking on "Generation 4" will show
> those people.

Don't give me too much credit for those reports. I
think someone else wrote them. The gramplets are
obviously more powerful than the "view reports", and
I've never really liked the "view reports". I propose
that someday we turn the existing "view reports" into
regular reports and use the gramplets and quickviews
instead.

~Brian