Diagrams and Charts

How to Add Relatives by Click-and-Drag in Diagrams

To add relatives in diagrams, click-and-drag on the box that you want to add a relative to. Click down to add children, click sideways to add spouses, and click up to add parents. When you do this Family Historian will try to 'guess' what you are trying to do. If a relative can be added at the point you have dragged to, a box with a dotted frame will appear showing roughly where the new relative will go. If you release the mouse button at this point, a menu will appear giving you the chance to confirm which relative type you were trying to add.

This simple version needs a few caveats:

• The above-description assumes that your diagram is oriented top-down. If you are using a different orientation, adjust accordingly.
• You cannot add relatives if moving/resizing is enabled - if, that is, the Enable Moving/Resizing button is pressed (see the Diagram toolbar).
• You cannot add a relative to a tree if the tree does not display that kind of relative. For example, you cannot add a child to an ancestor in an ancestor tree. For this reason, users often prefer to use All Relatives trees for adding relatives by clicking-and-dragging.
• Keep an eye on the status bar (the bar at the foot of the application window) when dragging. If a box can be added in the position to which you are dragging, the status bar will tell you what kind of relative Family Historian thinks you are trying to add. If a box cannot be added in this position, there will be a message in the status bar telling you why not.

When adding spouses and children, you can indicate, by appropriate positioning, where the new spouse or child is to go, in the existing list of spouses or children.