Genealogy for people who think differently

Navigating your database and the context diagram

The most intuitive way to navigate in iFamily is to double click through the people on the diagram. iFamily will not store a forward and back log as this soon becomes cyclic, but there is a drop down box in the toolbar which contains a list of all the people you have visited since opening your tree.

The easiest way to quickly navigate to a person removed from the current diagram is to use the index button in the toolbar.

When searching with the index, always hit enter to conduct the search once you have enterd data in a search field or altered the kinship value.

Double clicking a person in the index will promote them to the Focal Person.

Note: The descriptions of how the Left and Right Arrow keys work assume that you have the Children on the Left side of the screen and ancestors on the right side. In the Preferences panel you can change this option so that Children are on the right side of the screen.

Using Left Click...

...on a Person	Changes the Selected Person.
...Double Click on a Person	Promotes the person to be the Focal Person.
...on a Ghost Box	Left Click on a Ghost Box for a Child, Spouse, Parent or Step Parent. Allows you to add a new child, spouse, parent or step parent. To add an Adopted or Foster parent first create a step parent and then click on the mid-point of the parent-child relationship and change it to Adopted or Foster.
...on a Relationship	Left Click on the mid point of a parent-child relationship line. Allows you to change (or remove) a parent-child relationship. The options are Natural, Step, Adopted, Foster and Not Related. The button at the mid-point of the relationship line can be toggled on/off in the Preferences panel.
...on the bottom RH corner of a person	Left Click on the button in the bottom RH corner of a person's box displays the details for that person.
...and then I	Displays the People Index.
...and then R	Creates a Source Reference between the Selected Person and the current Active Source.
...and then S	Displays the floating Scratch Pad - a place you can temporarily paste text while you are working on a number of people, sources or events. The menu option for the Scratch Pad is Window -> Scratch Pad.
...and then T	Displays the ToDo list for the Selected person.
...on a Picture	Displays the Picture Editor for that thumbnail image.
...and Drag	Left Click on a person and drag the mouse to another person. Allows you to create a parent-child relationship or to change an existing one.
...to Drag the Horizontal Splitbar	The bottom edge of the Context Diagram may be dragged up and down to change the height of the Context Diagram.
Cmd + Left Click	Promotes a person to be the Focal Person.
Option + Left Click	Adds a person to the current Project View.
Control + Left Click	Same as right click. Displays a context sensitive pop-up menu.

Using Right Click (or Control + Left Click)...

...on a person	Displays a context sensitive pop-up menu for the Selected Person.
...on a Ghost Box	Right Click on a Ghost Box for a Child, Spouse or Parent allows you to attach an existing person. If another database is open then you can merge in a person (or a branch of people) from the other database.
...on the diagram background	Displays a context sensitive pop-up menu for the diagram containing Save Diagram, ScratchPad, People Index and Preferences.

Using the Arrow Keys

Left Arrow	Changes the Selected Person to be the child shown in the column to the left. If the currently selected person is the Focal Person then if one of the children is in the Ancestral View (green) then that child is selected, otherwise the first child is selected. If the currently selected person is in the leftmost column then he/she is promoted to be the Focal Person.
Right Arrow	Changes the Selected Person to be the first parent in the column to the right (usually the father). If the current Selected Person is in the rightmost column then he/she is promoted to be the Focal Person.
Up Arrow	Changes the Selected Person to be the person above.
Down Arrow	Changes the Selected Person to be the person below.
Cmd + Up	Changes the Focal Person to be the next older sibling of the current Focal Person.
Cmd + Down	Changes the Focal Person to be the next younger sibling of the current Focal Person.
Option + Cmd + Left	Selects the next tab in the lower half of the main window.
Option + Cmd + Right	Selects the previous (left) tab in the lower half of the main window.

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iFamily index Sceengrab

Using the Command Key +

+ H	Hide iFamily for Mac.
+ M	Minimise iFamily for Mac.
+ N	Create a new database.
+ O	Open an existing database.
+ P	Print screen.
+ Q	Quit from iFamily for Mac.
+ W	Close a dialog or window.
+ S	Save the iFamily database.
+ Z	Undo the most recent change.
+ Shift + Z	Redo the most recent Undo.
+ Comma	Display the Preferences panel.

Using the Option + Cmd Keys +

+ I	Display the People Index.
+ N	Display the Events Names dialog.
+ P	Display the Event Places Dialog.
+ S	Display the Scratch Pad.
+ T	Display the ToDo dialog for the Selected person.
+ Right Arrow	Select the next (right) pane in the lower half of the main window.
+ Left Arrow	Select the previous (left) pane in the lower half of the main window.

Using the Scroll Ball or Wheel...

...with the mouse over a person	Scrolls the information in each person's box from Name to Title/Occupation, Birth/Death, Marriages, Children, Migration, Religious, Burial/Cremation and Cause of Death.
...with the mouse over an image	Scroll the other images for the person. You can stop and left click to display the Picture Add/Edit dialog for any picture.
...with the mouse over Focal Person	Scroll when the mouse pointer is over bottom RH corner of Focal Person. Forward scroll promotes the next older sibling to be the Focal Person. Backward scroll promotes the next younger sibling. The keyboard shortcuts are Cmd+Up Arrow and Cmd + Down Arrow.

Using the Delete Keys

Forward Delete Key	Attempts to delete the Selected Person.
Backward Delete Key	Does nothing.