Again from looking through my list of Locations, I found Awarded outstanding citizen award Awarded M. B. E. among the "Location"s. Fortunately, I knew where these were (my grandmother was quite a character), but it makes me wonder: could we please have a generic "Event" type that _doesn't_ treat what's in that column as a location? For this case, adding an "Awarded" or "Award" or "Honour" (or "Medal", but that doesn't cover where there is no actual medal) would suffice, but I don't want to be so specific - people will still want to add events that don't fit into any existing event type, but have the details of the event visible from the edit screen. (I could have - and have, for the above - moved the description into the Notes for that event, but then they're not visible on the edit screen, which IMO is not ideal. I find it difficult to remember which event types consider that column to be a location: it's obvious for some, like Born, but not for others (I found "American citizen" in my Location list - it had come from a "Naturalization" event, IIRR). Ideally, the text or background of that column would be in a different colour when it is (or isn't) a location, but that's not going to happen with the current creaky graphics engine (see discussion a few months back about colour-coding the source column to indicate minimum quality). Maybe for v8 ... (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A. Top-posters. Q. What's the most irritating thing on Usenet?
To J P Gilliver The event called "Event" expects a location. You can make your own custom fact (with a description) by picking from the top menu Add, Custom Fact for Individual. You just can not use the exact spelling of any existing event or fact, so you can not have a fact called Event but you can have a fact called Awarded or something else. I am sorry I can not make different colors on the grid. However, when viewing the grid, Events have the word IN before the location. Facts do not have the word IN before the Description. John Steed ________________________________ From: J. P. Gilliver (John) <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 12:22 PM To: bk@rootsweb.com Subject: [BK] more thoughts on Locations: perhaps a non-location generic Event? Again from looking through my list of Locations, I found Awarded outstanding citizen award Awarded M. B. E. among the "Location"s. Fortunately, I knew where these were (my grandmother was quite a character), but it makes me wonder: could we please have a generic "Event" type that _doesn't_ treat what's in that column as a location? For this case, adding an "Awarded" or "Award" or "Honour" (or "Medal", but that doesn't cover where there is no actual medal) would suffice, but I don't want to be so specific - people will still want to add events that don't fit into any existing event type, but have the details of the event visible from the edit screen. (I could have - and have, for the above - moved the description into the Notes for that event, but then they're not visible on the edit screen, which IMO is not ideal. I find it difficult to remember which event types consider that column to be a location: it's obvious for some, like Born, but not for others (I found "American citizen" in my Location list - it had come from a "Naturalization" event, IIRR). Ideally, the text or background of that column would be in a different colour when it is (or isn't) a location, but that's not going to happen with the current creaky graphics engine (see discussion a few months back about colour-coding the source column to indicate minimum quality). Maybe for v8 ... (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf A. Top-posters. Q. What's the most irritating thing on Usenet? _______________________________________________ Remember - Use the Archives at https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Farchiver.rootsweb.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=L%2B8ttvttXC4J3o2WWJ4QZEOrKUvp3pTLmJ1mrRmyxvs%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Email preferences: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2Frootswebpref&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=vu4GUvwYTCp5AqqVAj4wk3VBY3DRXRlzv8pF7jJAs1Q%3D&reserved=0 Unsubscribe https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.rootsweb.com%2Fpostorius%2Flists%2Fbk%40rootsweb.com&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=eio7oKuN%2Fkb0dPyBs4Hrei2qfGEltfdjp65cYg6nNX0%3D&reserved=0 Privacy Statement: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2JWBOdY&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=iMLIi%2FmG%2BBDrsgvNPmYFdDI7%2BTYzdE8OANQu9Zsyvm8%3D&reserved=0 Terms and Conditions: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fancstry.me%2F2HDBym9&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=ghLVH6P%2F%2Bpz%2FCsHbG9rW7XPiuvFsx7NxFcDd0lravv8%3D&reserved=0 Rootsweb Blog: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frootsweb.blog&data=02%7C01%7C%7C1bb67e5617bd463a621208d67ae4528c%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636831518380687402&sdata=bMU7Il%2FbLdr3Fo%2FL0UxqmrRWS05ldLpBM19VkNxaC9M%3D&reserved=0 RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community
In message <BN7PR02MB509248565AB52181DC0D4E3191810@BN7PR02MB5092.namprd02.prod.outlo ok.com>, John Steed <brothers_keeper@msn.com> writes: >To J P Gilliver > >The event called "Event" expects a location. > >You can make your own custom fact (with a description) by picking from >the top menu Add, Custom Fact for Individual. > >You just can not use the exact spelling of any existing event or fact, >so you can not have a fact called Event but you can have a fact called >Awarded or something else. Thanks. I might do that (even if it's just "Event_" or similar). > >I am sorry I can not make different colors on the grid. However, when No problem. Maybe one of the things for version 8 (-: >viewing the grid, Events have the word IN before the location. Facts >do not have the word IN before the Description. Interesting; I hadn't noticed that. > >John Steed [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. -Cato the Elder, statesman, soldier, and writer (234-149 BCE)