Drag and Drop in Reunion

Note: see the chapter Correcting Mistakes to learn about dragging and dropping people to the Clipboard to fix mistakes, such as a child in the wrong family or a spouse linked to the wrong person.

What Can Be Dragged and Dropped?

Each of the following sections begin with an item that can be dragged, together with a list of destinations where each item can be dropped and a brief explanation of the resulting action.


Person buttons (child, husband/wife, parent)...


Names in any sidebar or List window...


Places from the Places sidebar...


Source records...

Source records can also be dragged and dropped from one family file to another family file, automatically creating a new source record and citation. For example, in family file A you'd drag a source record from the Sources sidebar (or List window) and then drop it in family file B...


Addresses of web pages (URLs or .webloc files)...

Addresses of web pages (URLs or .webloc files) can also be dragged and dropped from a web browser into a family file to create a new source record and citation. For example, if a web page relates to somebody in your family file (marriage record, birth announcement, obituary, etc.), you can view the page in your web browser and then drag it's address (from the address field at the top of the web browser) and drop that into your family file in Reunion...


Text in any field in Reunion (including text in text objects on charts)...


Files from the desktop or Finder...


GEDCOM files from the Finder (in any folder or on the Desktop)...


Image thumbnails from Photos (Apple's app) or iPhoto (version 6 or newer)...
Image or multimedia files from the Finder (in any folder or on the Desktop)...
PDF files from the Finder
(in any folder or on the Desktop)...
Images from a web browser...


Thumbnails in the Media window or Multimedia sidebar...


Text from open windows in other apps...
Text clippings from the desktop...


Pictures in charts...

Text objects in charts...

Boxes in charts...

Perspective events in charts...

Note: dragging an object or any combination of selected objects from a chart to anywhere other than that chart will cause the items to be converted to PDF or TIFF depending on the destination.