When in the edit screen, on a tab other than Event/Fact (or even on that, for when you have enough events/facts that the dates aren't visible), would it be possible to have the dates appear in the name box, or at least somewhere - so for example for the person I'm looking at now, I'd see [Wilfred Carter] [1874-1900] ? It could be made optional. Another, very minor, point: the other tabs have shortcut keys - for example, the Children tab has the n underlined, to show that pressing alt-N will take you to that tab. ISTR that the Event/Fact tab once had the / underlined, and that pressing Alt-/ took you to that tab - but this is no longer the case. (Actually I've just noticed that it's only the Children and Notes tabs that have such keys, presumably because other keys are already taken - though alt-S for siblings appears to be still free.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf `The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.' Attributed to Albert Einstein 1879-1955 (Computing, 1999-12-16).

To J P Gulliver I might be able to make an option to show the birth and death date somewhere on the screen. I would need to find space. I would not want to put in in the top Name box or people would be confused and think it was part of the name and then delete it. I will think about that. The Alt+/ should still work to get to tab 1. It does not work from everywhere, but from most fields it will jump back there. The / is underlined on my screen. Perhaps you have a different font. John Steed ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@soft255.demon.co.uk> To: <bk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 7:14 AM Subject: [BK] suggestion - dates in name field? (Also shortcut keys for tabs) > When in the edit screen, on a tab other than Event/Fact (or even on > that, for when you have enough events/facts that the dates aren't > visible), would it be possible to have the dates appear in the name box, > or at least somewhere - so for example for the person I'm looking at > now, I'd see > > [Wilfred Carter] [1874-1900] > > ? It could be made optional. > > Another, very minor, point: the other tabs have shortcut keys - for > example, the Children tab has the n underlined, to show that pressing > alt-N will take you to that tab. ISTR that the Event/Fact tab once had > the / underlined, and that pressing Alt-/ took you to that tab - but > this is no longer the case. > > (Actually I've just noticed that it's only the Children and Notes tabs > that have such keys, presumably because other keys are already taken - > though alt-S for siblings appears to be still free.) > -- > J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf > > `The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary > telegraph > is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in > Los > Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.' Attributed to > Albert > Einstein 1879-1955 (Computing, 1999-12-16). > Remember - Use the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message >