Gramps 5.1.3 on windows 10. Is there a way to have Shared Information to always be displayed when in the Media reference editor so I don’t have to manually open every time? I’m entering a lot of media, a start over, and just slows me down to keep opening it.

I guess this is not the answer you expect but if you open your media from the Media View you only have the shared part

Welcome I am not sure I am understanding so please correct me, but what I am reading is… You have a media record that you have added to a record. After attaching it to the record, you have cropped, or tagged, the image for the relevant information. You then attach the same image to a second, or th…

After I drag and drop the image to a source or event, I then have to edit the image to change the title so it’s not the same as the file name to be more readable. I have to do this for every image by opening up the shared information dialog. I would like it to default to the open position instead …

I think a parameter like that one found in these directory and files exists for your case too: [image] Person ID field width in person editor Help Due to my notation I can have large ID number for persons. So, where is the width of the Person Editor ID field defined in t…

Okay, Now I understand. That would require a change in the code and then a change in a change in a user’s work flow. I am sure that if a change was implemented, other users would deride the change asking to have it reversed. I too edit the Title and add a date (when known) for all my media records…

Like moorob, I’d rather have the shared data window segment open automatically. 99.9% of the time I need to access the shared data when I open a media object attached to another object. And that is the way Gramps worked back in 3.x or 4.x. It is only one extra click (that I make many times in an e…

Have shared Information auto open up in Media Reference Editor

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PLegoux October 19, 2020, 11:05am 5

I think a parameter like that one found in these directory and files exists for your case too:

Topic		Replies	Views
Sharing Reference Media Help	2	311	September 20, 2020
New gramplet to show all images for a person Development metadata	23	1445	September 10, 2021
How to add a media file to multiple people Help	3	159	November 17, 2024
Where to put source information for images/PDFs Help	3	119	July 29, 2025
Using image filename (gallery) as default Reference title Help	9	333	March 4, 2023

Have shared Information auto open up in Media Reference Editor

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