I’ve made (i.e., vibe-coded) a small Gramps addon! The idea came when @emyoulation suggested I create one that lets me use Google Drive a little more safely. That seemed a bit big to start with, I haven’t coded in years, and never in python, so I decided to start a little smaller. In a Gramps 6.2 thread, @dsblank asked, “Is there something big that hasn’t been started yet that you are hopeful for?” And yes, yes there is! I wanted to be able to choose whether a image opened in the Media Reference Editor, or in the system viewer.
Thus, with a little (LOT) help from Claude, the Gallery Double-Click Behavior Addon was born!
It lets you choose what happens when you double-click media in a Gallery tab on a person, event, citation, or other record. It adds a checkbox under Edit → Preferences → General. Enable it to open media in your system’s default viewer. Leave it unchecked to keep the usual Media Reference Editor behavior.
Feedback and testing are welcome! I hope this option can eventually get added to the core, but in the meantime, it was a fun little project to try 