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== Introduction ==

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The Navigator, Toolbar, Sidebar and Bottombar can be individually turned on or off by options in menu {{man menu|View}}. If the Sidebar is not displayed, then the {{man label|Search bar}} is displayed instead.

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If Gramps detects a minor error, or wishes to notify you about an occurrence within the program, then Gramps may display a warning button, as shown below. This button is only displayed for 180 seconds, so if you see it you should immediately click on it if you want to see the messages.

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If you click the warning button, then a dialogue box appears showing the last 20 messages received. [[Logging_system|More details]]

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== Switching Views and Viewing Modes ==

When you are in the Sidebar Viewing Mode, you can select the Category you want by clicking one of the sidebar icons.

== Gramplets Category ==

This contains the Gramplet View, which shows a number of widgets, called Gramplets, that can help you in your research. Two Gramplets are shown on start-up (the Welcome and Top Surname Gramplets). By right-clicking on the Gramplet View, a popup comes up with the possibility of adding other Gramplets.

=== TreeView and ListView ===

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=== Configuration ===

The People View lists the people stored in the database(See Fig. People ListView). People are grouped according to their family names. To the left of each family name is typically either an arrow or some other type of indicator (eg: ''+''). Clicking it once will reveal the entire list of people sharing that name. Clicking the indicator again will "roll up" the list and show only the family name.

=== Filters ===

Genealogical databases can contain information on many people, families, places, and objects. It is therefore possible for a View to contain a long list of data that is difficult to work with. Gramps gives you two different means for controlling this condition by allowing you to filter a list to a more manageable size.

=== Sorting columns ===

Clicking once sorts in ascending order, clicking again sorts in descending order. The {{man label|Column Editor}} dialog can be used to add, remove and rearrange the displayed columns.

== Relationships Category ==

The Relationships View displays all the relationships of the Active Person (the selected person). Specifically, it shows his or her parents, siblings, spouses, and children.

{{man note | Spouse |We use the term spouse for sake of simplicity. However, please note that spouse may in fact be a domestic partner, a partner in a civil union, or various other similar relationships between two people. Spouse relationships are not required to be only between a male and female.}}

You may add a family by selecting the {{man button|Add Spouse}} button in the toolbar. This will create a new family with the Active Person listed as a father or mother.

=== Configuration ===

You can configure the view from the display by calling up the {{man label|Configure}} dialog from the menu {{man menu|View -> Configure...}} or click on the toolbar {{man button|Configure View...}} button.

== Families Category ==

The Family List View displays a list of all families in the database(see Fig. 2.9). From this view, you may add, edit, or delete families. The default display lists the ID, Father, Mother, Relationship and Marriage Date. Children cannot be displayed on the screen in this view.

=== Pedigree View===

The Pedigree View shows up to five generations, depending on the size of the window. Each person is indicated by a box labeled with his or her name, birth information (indicated by an asterisk * sign), death information (indicated by a plus + sign), a black stripe across the top left corner of the box if the person is deceased (or determined by Gramps to be no longer alive) and optionally an image if available. Two lines branch from each box. The top one shows the person's father and the bottom one the mother. Solid lines represent birth relations, while dashed lines represent non-birth relations such as adoption, step-parenthood, guardianship, etc.

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. When the bottom button is clicked, the Mother of the Active Person becomes the Active Person.

Right-clicking on any person's box in the Pedigree View will bring up the "context menu".

=== Fan Chart View ===

This view shows the ancestry but as a pie chart. Clicking on a name in the chart will double the section of the pie allocated to that person. A second click brings the chart back to the original form. Right click brings up a context menu like in the pedigree view, allowing to navigate to other people.

== Events Category ==

Events can be shared between multiple people and multiple families. The Events View lists the all the events recorded in the database.

== Sources Category ==

Sources View lists the sources of certain information stored in the database.

== Citations Category ==

Citation View lists the citations for certain information stored in the database.

=== PlaceTreeView and PlaceListView ===

The two views in this category show the places grouped or ungrouped. The PlaceTreeView tries to group the places in logical groups: country, county, ... .

{{man tip|Note|The Geography category is only present if OsmGpsMap is present that Gramps can use.}}

This category is for showing data on a map. It contains the Geographic View, which allows you to see the people and their events placed on a map via an internet map provider (OpenStreetMap or Google maps).

== Media Category ==

The Media View is a list of Media Objects used in the database.

== Repositories Category ==

A repository can be thought of as a collection of sources.

== Notes Category ==

A Note is pure text, as stored in the other objects.