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The Pane Buttons

The icon rail down the side of the screen opens the panes — each

one a focused set of controls. Click an icon to open a pane; click it

again to close.

The panes include:

  • TreeLine Settings — the searchable settings for this TreeLine:

    layout, style, labels, and Paper and printing (paper size,

    orientation, sheets and borders).
  • Arrange — move the people you select up or down, and put brothers

    and sisters in order.
  • People — a searchable list of everyone, with their Events.
  • Person — the selected person's details, parents, relationships and

    events.
  • Images and Maps — photographs, and the places in your family's

    story.
  • Recipe — the steps that arranged this TreeLine, one by one.
  • History — view or restore an earlier design.
  • TreeLine Info — what this TreeLine is and who can see it.
  • Help — these guides; Feedback — tell us what works and what

    does not.

Panes are where you go to change settings and review the tree, a

topic at a time. Open one, make your changes, and close it again.

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Related

The Canvas Controls

The bar along the bottom of the screen is the **Canvas Controls**. It changes how the chart is **displayed on your screen** — it does **not** change the layout or what prints. From here you can: - **Zoom** in and out (**−** / **+**), or snap to **Fit** or **1:1**. - **Width** fits the chart to the window width. - **Overlays** lays a temporary, screen-only tint over the TreeLine — by Branch, Generation, Separation, Role, Lineage or Sibling set — or shows **Attention indicators** beside the bars. Choose **None** to see the TreeLine's own colours. Overlays never print. - **Find** searches for a person by name. - The **···** menu holds extra screen aids, including **Edit borders** for dragging the page edge. Think of it as a working overlay: everything here is for *looking* at the chart while you work. Turn on **Presentation mode** (in ···) to preview exactly what will print.

The Right-Click Menu

**Right-click** is where you **shape the tree**. **Right-click a person** (or a selection of people) for actions on *those* people: - **Show/Hide** — hide people, a branch or relatives, and reveal them again. - **Data** — edit the person, or add a relative or an event. - **Select** — add relatives to the selection: siblings, a whole branch and more. - **Create new…** — make a new TreeLine from the people you choose. - **Arrange** — open Layout › Arrange, grow a branch up or down, and other moves. - **Move type** — what Up and Down do for this person. - **Bar style** — full bar, thin line, stub, or a group of children. **Right-click the timeline** for its position, scale and granularity, and **right-click empty canvas** for choices about the whole chart. Unlike the Canvas Controls, these changes *do* affect the layout and the printed result. Hiding never deletes anyone: hidden people stay in your family and can be shown again.

Arrange

One pane for moving the people you select up or down the chart, choosing exactly who moves with them, and putting brothers and sisters in order.