- Gallery
Gallery tab displays information about + media objects associated with the given place and the controls + allowing its modification. The central part shows the list of all + such media objects. For media object which are valid image files + previews of images are displayed. For other objects such as audio + files, movie files, etc., generic GRAMPS icon is displayed instead. + The buttons Add..., + Edit..., and Remove allow + to correspondingly add, modify, and remove a media object reference + to this source. Note that Edit... and + Remove buttons become available only when + a media object is selected from the list. +
- Internet
Internet tab displays information about + Internet addresses relevant to the place and the controls + allowing its modification. The bottom part displays the list of all + such Internet addresses stored in the database. The top part shows the + details of the currently selected addresses in the list (if any). + The buttons Add..., + Edit..., and Delete + allow to correspondingly add, modify, and remove an Internet address + record from the database. The button Go allows + to open a web-page with the corresponding address with your default + browser. Note that Edit..., + Delete, and Go buttons + become available only when an address is selected from the list. +
- References
References tab displays information about + database records that refer to this place. If the place is not + referenced from any database record, the tab shows empty list. + If the place is referenced from many records, the tab will list + all of them. This information cannot be modified from + the Place Editor dialog. Instead, the + corresponding database record (e.g. birth event) has to be brought + up and its place reference edited.
To edit media data, switch to the Media View and select the + desired entry in the list of sources. Double-clik on that entry or + click Edit on the toolbar to invoke the + following Edit Media Properties dialog:
The top of the window shows the dialog title. Below the title + is the preview of an object and the summary of its properties (ID, + path, and object type). The central part of the window displays four + notebook tabs containing different categories of available information. + You can bring any tab to the top for viewing or editing by clicking on + the appropriate tab heading. The bottom part has + OK and Cancel buttons. + Clicking OK at any time will apply all the + changes made in all tabs and close the dialog window. Clicking + Cancel at any time will close the window without + applying any changes. If any of the data in any tab was modified, + the alert window will appear with the choices of closing the dialog + without saving changes, canceling the initial cancel request, or saving + the changes.
The tabs provide the following information categories of + media object data: +
- General
+ General tab allows the title which labels this + object in the database. The title can be typed in the appropriate + text entry field. If the object is not local (i.e. the corresponding + file does not reside under GRAMPS database directory), the + Make a local copy button is available. + Click it to copy the media into GRAMPS database directory. This will + increase the amount of disk space consumed by GRAMPS database. However, + if the external file is deleted or removed, GRAMPS will still be able + to use the local copy.
- Attributes
Attributes tab displays information about + the attributes of the media object and the controls allowing its + modification. The bottom part displays the list of all such + attributes stored in the database. The top part shows the details + of the currently selected attribute in the list (if any). The buttons + Add..., Edit..., + and Delete allow to correspondingly add, + modify, and remove an attribute record from the database. + Note that Edit... and + Delete buttons become available only when + an attribute is selected from the list.
- Notes
Notes tab displays information about the + notes concerning the media object. These could be any notes which do + not naturally fit into the Parameter-Value pairs available to + Attributes. To add a note or modify existing notes simply edit the + text in the text entry field.
- References
References tab displays information about + database records that refer to this media object. If the object is not + referenced from any database record, the tab shows empty list. + If the object is referenced from many records, the tab will list + all of them. The list can be ordered by any of its column headers: + Type, Object, or + Value. This information cannot be modified from + the Medi Object Properties Editor dialog. + Instead, the corresponding database record (e.g. birth event) has to + be brought up and its media object reference edited in the gallery + tab.