Jerry, I do not see this as a bug, nor do I see any reason to have the option to get rid of a preferred child.
The default is that the first child entered (this does not mean the eldest btw) is the preferred child. You can change this, for whatever reason you may wish, to any other child in the family. It is only there for you own personal use and is not shown on web pages nor in reports. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] * Next to Name Thanks for the explanation. That does seem to be a bug to me - just an annoyance, I guess, since there's no way to change it. I just started noticing these on some (not a huge number, but a significant number) and I don't think I ever selected them as preferred. I remember only doing it in one particular instance. I guess when I upload them to my TNG website, it won't matter because I don't think that will come across on a gedcom anyway, as far as I know. It just seems very odd there should not be a way to change that. Thanks again --Jerry On 11/7/2010 8:16 PM, Robert E. Carneal wrote: > There isn't a way to change a child so that s(he is not the preferred > child. That sounds bad, but consider: Legacy has to know a preferred > child is preferred so it can generate drawings, I think. Legacy is > not saying "this" child is more important than that child, just > indicating which child you are placing emphasis (for whatever reason) > on. I use "preferred" to alert me to which child I am currently > researching the descendants or ancestors of. > > I tried a case with six children, added one child, and made the > seventh preferred. Previously, the third child was "preferred." Saved > it, shut down, and rebooted. Went back to the family, deleted the > seventh child, and the child preference went back to the third child. > This is what it is supposed to do. > > Thanks. > > Robert > > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Jerry<[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry, but along with this, can I ask how I can change a child so he/she >> is no longer the preferred child? I know I can select another child, >> which will cause the first child to no longer be selected, but I don't >> see an unselect preferred child function. I even added a test son, >> marked him preferred, then deleted him and the preferred designation >> just came right back to the first son. But I didn't try to see what >> would happen if I had more than two children involved - maybe I'll have >> to try that. --Thanks, --Jerry >> >> On 11/7/2010 6:45 PM, Jenny M Benson wrote: >>> On 07/11/2010 23:28, Jerry wrote: >>>> Can someone tell me what it means when there is an * preceding a >>>> child's >>>> name in the family view? So far, I couldn't readily find it in the >>>> help files. >>> It indicates the "preferred child" - you can select to have any child as >>> the preferred one (right-click and select Children's Settings). In some >>> cases no one child is more "significant" than the others, but sometimes >>> it's useful, for example, to know at a glance which one of a set of >>> siblings married into your family. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
