Property Box
Customize Property Box
The Main tab of the property box can be customized to suit your
requirements. You can add fields, remove fields and change the order and
layout of fields. If you wish you can also add additional tabs to store
extra fields. To do this, you need to use the Customize Property Box
dialog. To open this dialog, click on the Menu button 
on the Property Box main toolbar, and then click Customize Data
Entry on the dropdown menu that appears.
Fields that users often wish to add to the Main tab of the Property Box for Individuals, include:
- Baptism
- Burial
- Custom Id
- Record Flags
To add an item, simply select it from the list of available items and
click on the 
button. To
remove an item, select it from the list of selected items and click the
button. If you want to add
an item that isn't listed, or if you want fine-grained control over
layout, choose <Custom Item> in the list of available items and
click on the button (you
will first have to untick Show the most commonly-used items only
if that is ticked).
Bear in mind that the principle reason for customizing the Property Box is convenience. All fields can be added or edited in the All tab of the Property Box in any case (right-click on a field or record, to add a subfield to it). Also, all Individual and Family facts (that is, events and attributes) can be added or edited in the Facts tab, when viewing Individual or Family records (and, in fact, you can add more details in the Facts tab than you can in the Main tab).
Some of the fields, lists and buttons, on this dialog box, are described below:
| Record Type | The Property Box can be used to view record details for all record types. You can customize the Main page for all record types, and add additional custom tabs if you wish. |
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| Tab | If you haven't added any new tabs, the only tab that will be
listed here is the Main tab. Not all tabs can be customized. Tabs
that cannot be customized are not listed here. The position of each custom tab is specified in a box immediately after the tab name. Custom tabs can be appear at any position within the Property Box, except that they can't be first. You are not prevented from specifying a position which is greater than the number of tabs in the Property Box (for the given record type). If you do, the custom tab will be placed last (unless there are other custom tabs with even higher position values). |
| Enabled | You cannot disable standard tabs ('Main'), but you can disable any custom tabs you create. Disabled tabs do not appear in the Property Box. This is useful if you want certain custom tabs to be displayed only some of the time. Instead of having to re-create the custom tab each time you need it, you can create it once, and then simply disable it when you don't need it and re-enable it when you do. |
| More Tab Tasks |
The button, a
dropdown menu appears. The commands on this menu are listed
separately below. |
| Available Items | This is the list on the left side that displays data item types you can choose to add to the current page. If Show the most commonly-used items only is ticked (Individual record type only) the most commonly-used data items only will be displayed. |
| Selected Items | These are the items that will appear in the selected property page of the Property Box, for the current record type. |
| Installation Settings | Affects the current record type only. Deletes all custom tabs, and adjusts settings to revert to what they were when the program was first installed. |
| Version 3 Compatibility | Only affects the Individual record type. Adjusts settings so that the Property Box has one extra tab (a 'Details' tab) and shows the same fields that it showed in Version 3 of Family Historian. |
| Edit Custom Item | Opens the Edit
Custom Item dialog. This button can only be used to edit
settings for custom items. |
 |
Change the order of Selected Items. |
The dropdown menu that appears when you click on the button has the following commands:
| New Tab |
Create a new custom tab. Custom tabs always appear after the Main tab, and before all other tabs. There is no limit to the number of custom tabs you can have. |
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| Rename Tab | Rename the current custom tab (if any). You can only
rename custom tabs. |
| Delete tab |
Delete the current custom tab if any. You can only delete
custom tabs. |
| Move Tab Up |
Move the current custom tab up in the list of custom tabs. |
| Move Tab Down |
Move the current custom tab down in the list of custom tabs. |
| Import Tab |
Import a tab from a file on your hard disk. The imported
tab can be a new custom tab, or can be the Main tab (in which
case, the fields in the imported tab will replace those in the
existing Main tab). |
| Export Tab |
Export a tab to a file on your hard disk. The exported tab can be a new custom tab, or can be the Main tab. |