I agree that changes should be made to make more efficient use of the screen real estate in family view, but quite frankly I think the solution is to more or less revert to the way it was in 7.5. I don't think this would really compromise the new look and feel.
I think Husband and Wife need to stay on top, because that line is also used for tags. It's the same as 7.5 with the enhancement of showing more tags, it works just fine. It's the next two lines where the space is wasted. 1) Why are the family search arrows on a line by themselves? Just put them on the right of the name like they used to be. 2) Why have that blue underline to highlight the active person? Just highlight the name like it used to be. Those two simple changes will free up two lines which is significant space to expand the font size on the five vital events below. Paul Gray -----Original Message----- From: Alan Pereira [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: December-10-13 6:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Field Descriptors in Family View Thanks Mike, I have submitted a suggestion for a general Option called Compressed Family View where 1) the Parents label can either be turned of or place on the LHS of the data fields 2) the Integration Feature arrows are returned to the same place as Leg7.5 and remove the line under {your idea} 3) the Childrens label is placed to LHS of children data fields and othe childrens features similarly placed on RHS of said data fields 4) remove the line under the children's data fields. This will result in saving 4 lines and nearly bring the font size back to that of a similarly sized window of Legacy7.5 Family View. The Toolbars still take up more space that 7.5 unless you want to put up with them minimised and have extra mouse control (not something I enjoy with a Laptop). Alan Pereira -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 December 2013 11:17 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Field Descriptors in Family View On 2013/12/10 13:02, Alan Pereira wrote: > I have noticed that the field desciptors of "Parents" and "Children" > that appear on Family View now take up a line each of visible space. > Can these descriptors be turned off or moved to the left hand edge of > the data fields so as to allow for a larger stretched font in a windowed view. If it's more space you're after. Disable the integration with FamilySearch. Then the dark-grey arrows disappear leaving a blank space under the names of the Husband and Wife. This space could also be reclaimed. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3658/6905 - Release Date: 12/09/13 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 Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
