# “Flat Filter" addon - Can anyone take over/help?

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**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** third-party-addon\
**Created:** [July 16, 2026, 3:07pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/flat-filter-addon-can-anyone-take-over-help/9725 "2026-07-16T15:07:35Z")\
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**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:** [September 6, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/flat-filter-addon-can-anyone-take-over-help/9725/33 "2026-09-06T17:16:31Z")

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Discovered the need for some new features. Would any of this be of value to anyone but me?

- [SoundEx](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_6.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Gramplets#SoundEx) fuzzy searches
- granular control of fields and names for the target person’s simultaneous search
- default checkbox overrides (saving of checkbox option settings)
- 🛟Help button for `README.md` when inline Markdown viewer support is enabled,

# Simplified finding people with a Missing Given name or Missing Surname

**Null** and **non-Null** [_RegEx_](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#regex) searches were foiled by **simultaneous search** of multiple fields across multiple Names (Preferred and Alternatives). Virtually every name has a **Null** or **non-Null** when searching a “given” that _simultaneously_ looks in Title, Given, Call name, Nickname of the Preferred name and any Alternative names.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/1/1abc556fcfabb5ad523fc7f57c3dd643b5dc38b2.png)

The bundled README.md will be displayed in a pop-up viewer. (If you have a markdown viewer installed.)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/c/c96e7a1a4fb77ad97e34e6ef86b4c4b2b9d418bf.png)

\*Since @dsblank renamed the **Flat Filter** to the **Relationship Filter** , harmonized the module ID, folder names and filenames. Now where it comes up in the GUI, .json catalogues, the Addon/Plugin Managers, wiki Addons List, and `gramps__/plugins` folder list will all be the same.

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