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Showing and hiding a person's relatives

What it does. Decides who this TreeLine draws around one person (or

the people you have selected). Hiding never deletes anyone: they stay in

your family and in its other TreeLines.

Where to find it. Right-click a person › Show/Hide.

What is there.

  • Hide selected: hides the people you have selected, and says how

    many people go with them.
  • Spouses, Descendants, Ancestors: each shows or hides that

    whole group around the person; a tick means it is shown.
  • For one person, an offer to hide the parents' side of the family

    above them.
  • Reveal specific hidden relatives…: bring back one particular hidden

    spouse, child, family or branch.

What to expect. Each change is one step in the TreeLine's history,

so Ctrl+Z takes it back. Show › all brings back everyone this

TreeLine may show.

hide show relatives spouses descendants ancestors

Related

Bringing back hidden people

Hiding people never deletes them: they stay in your family and can be brought back at any time. Right-click a person beside them › **Show/Hide › Reveal specific hidden relatives…** to bring back one hidden spouse, child, family or branch, or choose **Show › all** to bring everyone back.

Showing only the Mainline

**Show › Mainline** keeps only the **Mainline**: the line between your protagonists and the spouses it runs through. Everyone else is hidden for now, not deleted. **+ immediate family** also keeps the Mainline's brothers, sisters and spouses; wider circles follow, out to **all**. Each choice is one step in the TreeLine's history, so **Ctrl+Z** takes it back. **Ctrl+Alt+1…6** steps from Mainline to all.

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.