Toolbar (SL)

The Ancestris Main Window Toolbar is a horizontal bar displaying a number of tools in the form of icons. It is located between the menu bar and the work area.

There are also Toolbars for windows other than the main window. They are described in the corresponding sections.

Toolbars can also be customized, at least in part. At the bottom of this page you will find a way to define their position or direction.

 

Toolbar icons

The icons on the toolbar are organized by Group.

Each Group corresponds to a part of the actions of the menu bar.

The actions they initiate are described in the corresponding menus.

Whether or not to display a group is configurable.

 

File group

The icons below belong to the File menu.

• Create a genealogy
• Open <default file>
• Open a genealogy
• Close
• Save

Clipboard group

The icons below belong to the Edit menu.

• Cut
• Copy
• Paste

Undo / Redo group

The icons below belong to the Edit menu.

• Undo
• Redo

Performance group

The icons below have purely technical functions. They are not displayed by default.

• Memory usage graph and garbage collection
• Taking a picture of the application's memory usage

Miscellaneous group

The icons below belong to the Views and Tools menus.

• Genealogy Search
  
• Calculator
• Web Book
• Display the De Cujus individual
  

Aries editor group

The icons below allow you to manage the genealogy entities linked to the Aries editor.

• Modify this entity, to modify the entity currently activated in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new individual, to add an individual in the genealogy.
  
• Adding a family, to add a family in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new note, to add a note in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new multimedia object, to add a multimedia element in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new source, to add a source in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new submitter, to add an information provider in the genealogy.
  
• Add a new repository, to add a repository in the genealogy.

Navigation group

The icons below allow you to use general search.

• <Left arrow>, to display the previous entity.
  
• <Right arrow>, to display the next entity again.
  
• <Small down arrow>, to open the search history and select the entity to display.
  
• Search input zone, for a genealogy search performed from the Toolbar.

Help group

The icons below belong to the Options menu or the Help menu.

• Preferences, to access the Preferences panel.
  
• About Ancestris, to view some information about the software.
  
• Help, to access this documentation.

Customizing the Toolbar

The Toolbar can be personalized, for example by moving the groups using the "handle" on the left, the small rectangular area covered with dotted lines in relief.

Here, the "Miscellaneous" Tool group is being moved to a second line of tools.

In general, windows that have toolbars can be customized in the same way, the menu can change direction, horizontal or vertical, on one of the edges of the window.

Because of the rather limited interest of this possibility, few windows with toolbar have this function. For those who have it, the affected toolbars have the small dotted area on their left.

Here is an example with the Toolbar of the Gedcom Editor.

• Gedcom Editor toolbar in horizontal direction:

• Gedcom Editor toolbar being moved in vertical direction:

• Gedcom Editor toolbar in vertical direction: