# Creating Custom Place Types **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-custom-place-types/6552 "2024-12-04T19:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StoicBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@StoicBadger](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoicBadger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-custom-place-types/6552/1 "2024-12-04T19:15:12Z")
Gramps 5.2.3 on Windows 11 64. I can see references, though a little older, about creating custom types for places so you can have cemeteries and other options enclosed by a larger designation but for the life of me, I cannot find where this is Gramps. I select Place Type and get the drop down but there is only Unknown. Every other selection is a specific place type and there’s nothing saying how to create one. Did this functionality get retired or am I just totally missing it? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-custom-place-types/6552/2 "2024-12-04T20:05:36Z")
The _selector combo box_ [(glossary definition)](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#selector_combo_box) is a standard part of Gramps whereever there is a possibility to create a “[custom type](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#custom)”. The _Selector Combo Box_ [(introduction)](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window#Selector_Combo_Boxes) use is described in the **[Visual Guide to the Gramps Interface](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_5.2_Wiki_Manual_-_Main_Window)** It is not unique to Gramps. The description in Wikipedia for a [combo box](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_box) talks about how such interface items are used. What may be different than common implementation is that Gramps expands the list of Pull-down menu items whenever a new term is entered. (It is important that this is a case-sensitive feature… “cemetery”, “Cemetery”, “CEMETERY” and “cemEtery” would all be different custom Place types. Mistakes will be made when creating custom types. So a **Tools → Utilities → [Type Cleanup…](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:Types_Cleanup_Tool)** addon was created. Renaming a custom Type to another Type (pre-defined or custom) will merge the instances. The Type Cleanup dialog (Gramps 5.1 screenshot below) lists the variety of features that allow users to add custom types. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/0/0986a0259545667fb4abb77fa9872b9fec6b8dfe.png) ---
**Author:** ![StoicBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@StoicBadger](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoicBadger)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-custom-place-types/6552/3 "2024-12-06T18:49:04Z")
Oh, I see. This makes sense now. The directions I had found for it, not sure of site now (maybe Reddit? Looked at a lot of places other than where I needed to I guess), but they specifically said to select the option from the drop down so I was stuck on that method of operation. Thank you for your help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/creating-custom-place-types/6552/4 "2025-01-05T18:49:57Z")
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