The Family View: Fields

Fields in Child Buttons

Fields Inside the Main Couple Buttons

Fields Under the Main Couple Buttons

Fields in Parent Buttons

Field Options and Availability in the Family View

More Details About Fields

Options for Fields Under the Source Couple

Flags in the Family View

Changing Fields in the Family View

Switching Between Different Family Views

Family View Settings

Fields in Child Buttons

(To learn how to include/exclude fields in child buttons, click here.)

These fields can be included In child buttons...

Fields Inside the Main Couple Buttons

(To learn how to include/exclude fields inside the main couple buttons, click here.)

These fields can be included inside buttons for the main couple in the family view (typically a husband and wife in the center of the family view)...

Fields Under the Main Couple Buttons

(To learn how to include/exclude fields under the main couple buttons, click here.)

These fields can be included under the buttons for the main couple in the family view (typically a husband and wife in the center of the family view)...

Fields in Parent Buttons

(To learn how to include/exclude fields inside parent buttons, click here.)

The following fields can be included In parent buttons (these are the people at the top of the family view)...

Field Options and Availability in the Family View

As you click the fields in the Family View Settings window, information about the selected field will appear on the right, under the Field Information label. Also, depending on the selected field, options will appear for each field.

The following table lists...

Field Options for
fields Inside
Child, Parent, Couple
Buttons

Options for
fields
Under the
Couple Buttons

availability
c, u, i, p
Events Date
Place
Date, Place
Memo
Show age
Memo only
Show age
c u i p
Birth & Death Dates Short date format
Show age
Show age c u i p
Facts none none c u i p
Notes - Include title
Include scrollbar
Wrap text
u
Flags - names none Include title c u i p
Flags - buttons - Include title
Include These Flags
Abbreviate flag names
u
Smart List - Show age
(events only)
Smart List Includes
u
Other children none none u
Other spouses none none u
Person ID none none c u i p
User ID none Include title c u i p
Changed Date none none c u i p
Changed Date | Person ID none none c u i p
Age none Include title c u i p
Numbering
(Relationship)
none Include title c u i p
Relationship none none c u i p
Feasibility none include title c u i p
Spouse none - c
# of Spouses none none c u i p
# of Siblings none none c u i p
# of Children none none c u i p
Parents none - p
Sex none - c p
Child Status none - c

 

More Details About Fields

Changed Date

Changed Date is the date when a person's information was last changed or modified in the Edit Person panel or the date when a person's name or dates are modified in the Edit Family panel (where the person appears as a child).

The Changed Date field could also say Imported if the person was created through the process of importing a GEDCOM file and the records in the GEDCOM file contained no changed (or last-modified) dates.

The changed date will be appended to most reports (unless it says Imported).

No modifications are made to the changed dates for people when places are edited or merged in the Places sidebar (or Places List window).

Smart Lists

Smart lists are lists of fields (events, facts, or events and facts). Each event or fact occupies one line in the list.

Unlike conventional fields in the family view, the smart list shows multiple instances of the same event or fact.

Smart lists are dynamic because fields are included in the smart list only when there is data in a field (i.e., when a field is empty for a person, it will not appear in the smart list for that person). As you click to navigate through your family file, the content of the smart list will appear different for each person, based on whether or not they have values in fields and whether or not each person has multiple instances of certain fields (see the example below, showing multiple graduation and education events). One person may have 10 fields appearing in the list; the next person may have none.

Smart lists do not include fields that appear elsewhere in the view. In the Family View Settings, use the Smart List Includes button to choose whether the smart list includes: Events, Facts, or Events and Facts.

Smart lists in the family view are scrollable — a scroll bar will appear when there are more events and/or facts to fit in the height of the smart list.

Individual items (events and/or facts) in the smart list are clickable, to open the corresponding field in the Edit Person panel for editing.

Places and sources can be dragged (from the sidebar or List window) and dropped onto individual items (events and/or facts) in a smart list in the family view to add a place to an event or cite a source for the event/fact.

Other Fields

Other Children shows children from other marriages. I.e., children that don't appear on the current family.

Other Spouses shows spouses other than the spouse on the current family.

Feasibility shows one date feasibility warning, if any exists, for a person.

Options for Fields Under the Source Couple

Age

If an event field is selected to appear in the family view, you can check the Show Age button to include the age of a person at the date of the event. Each event field independently permits the option to display age. The age of infants who die before their first birthday is shown as "<1" whereas no age is shown if a person is still living or the death date is unknown.

Field Titles

Some fields have the option to include the field title (for example, notes and flags). To make more or less room for field titles, drag the vertical dividing line to the left or right. You can also do this directly in the family view.

Wrap Text

If a note field is selected to appear in the family view, you can click the Wrap Text button to wrap text in note fields. One reason why you might not want to wrap text is if you're using a particular note field for a list of items.

Include Scrollbar

If a note field is selected to appear in the family view, you can click the Include scrollbar button to include a vertical scrollbar at the right side of note fields appearing in the family view. If your Reunion application window is too short (vertically), there may not be sufficient room to display the slider and scroll bar for one or more of the note fields in the family view. This is more likely to happen on Apple's smallest screens, such as the 13-inch MacBook, and especially where you have several other fields in the view. In this case, you may want to reduce the number of fields in a view in order to see the scroll bars and sliders on the note fields.

Flags in the Family View

To include flags in a family view...

  1. Choose Reunion > Settings.
  2. Click the Family View button.
  3. Click the Children, Couple, or Parents button.
  4. Click the Add Field button.

If adding flags to parent, children, or couple buttons, the only choice is to include "names of checked flags."

Flags - Names of checked flags
Only the names of checked flags will appear in the family view, like this...
flagnames

if you are adding flags "under the couple buttons" then you may choose to display the names of checked flags (shown above) or actual check-box buttons for flags...

Flags - Check box buttons
Each flag will appear in a check-box button in the family view.

Choose the flags that will appear in the family view by using the Include These Flags button.

If you include multiple flags, as shown below, you can reorder the flags by dragging them horizontally in the Family View Settings window.

If you include several flags, you may want to conserve space by clicking the Abbreviate flag names button. Abbreviations are defined in the Field Settings.