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From: "Simon Orde" <>
Subject: Re: [FHU] Dates in events & attributes
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:12:40 +0100
References: <memo.20030622050100.90B@as.cix.co.uk>


Alan

> Could I make a plea for the same fix to attributes? E.g EDUC &
> OCCU attributes don't display the date; RESI does.

The reason that events display the date and place whereas attribute don't,
is that attributes have values whereas events don't. If you click in the
right column opposited Education (in the Records Window), you will find that
you can edit the value (e.g. the name of school/college/university etc).
There is no value to be edited for events.

Residence, although classed as an attribute, is unusual in that it doesn't
appear to have a value. This is because its value is its place - and all
attributes have a place anyway. That is probably also why the place is
displayed before the date for residences.

One option (for ordinary attributes) would be to show value, date, place in
the right column. If you clicked in this column, the date and place info
would disappear and only the value would be editable. To edit the date and
place values, you would have to expand the branch as now, and click opposite
date or place. Would that seem like a reasonable solution? I could make it
optional I suppose, for people who didn't like it.

Simon Orde
List Administrator and Family Historian designer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan White" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:01 AM
Subject: [FHU] Dates in events & attributes


> Simon, thanks very much for fixing in 2.1.8 the display of dates for
> custom events.
>
> Could I make a plea for the same fix to attributes? E.g EDUC &
> OCCU attributes don't display the date; RESI does.
>
> Could I also ask for a consistent display of dates? Events show the date
> first, attributes last.
>
> I do understand the difference between events and attributes. I just think
> that for the purpose of display in the records window they should be
> treated the same.
>
> Thanks for the continuing upgrades.
>
> Regards
> Alan
>
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