Drag-and-Drop Menu

The Drag-and-Drop menu can be used to copy entities across genealogies, or to merge entities within the same genealogy.

It can also be used to build a relationship between the two entities involved, to make it much faster for you to build your genealogy.

Drag-and-Drop Menu used across different genealogies	Drag-and-Drop Menu used within the same genealogy

The Drag-and-Drop menu appears when dropping an entity previously clicked and dragged.  You first need to click any entity and start to move it somewhere else, and then you need to drop it on a non forbidden area.
On every location where you can access the Context Menu, you can Drag or Drop an entity.

Description

The context menu has a title and a list of action items.

The title displays the two entities involved in the Drag-and-Drop gesture.

The entity on the left hand side is the entity you clicked on to, and is called the imported entity.

The entity on the right hand side is the entity you drop on to, and is called the target entity.

The Drag-and-Drop menu differs depending on whether you move an entity across different genealogies, or within the same genealogy.

• Across different genealogies, Ancestris assumes you want to copy entities
• Within the same genealogy, Ancestris assumes you want to merge entities

Other actions are suggested by Ancestris, to link the two entities together.

Actions differ depending on the category of entity.

Drag-and-Drop menu actions

Below is a description of all the possible actions included in the Drag-and-Drop menu.

Make the imported individual the <parent | spouse | sibling | child> of the target individual

xxx

Attach the imported entity to the target entity

xxx

Copy the imported entity to the target genealogy

xxx

Merge the imported entity into the target entity

xxx

 

Warning and Disabled actions

Warning

When an action is possible but subject to mismatch, Ancestris adds an Warning sign at the beginning of the action description.

This is the case when adding a spouse to a person who already has one. In practice, this is possible, but Ancestris prefers to alert you in case you might actually thinking of another person.

A tooltip explains the reason why the action is risky.

Disabled action

When an action could be possible but is not, Ancestris displays the action and makes it disabled.

This is the case for instance when you could create a father to an individual who already has a father.

A tooltip explains the reason why the action cannot be performed.

 

Regardless of the action performed on the menu, it can later be undone.