# Media Browser gramplet not shown

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**Created:** [July 26, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997 "2025-07-26T11:29:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/rajan/32/5420_2.png) [@rajan](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/rajan)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997/1 "2025-07-26T11:29:29Z")

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Gramps 6.0.3  
Fedora 42

I installed [MediaBrowserGramplet](https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Addon:MediaBrowserGramplet) with Plugin Manager.  
But when I tried to add the gramplet at the Dashboard … Media Browser is not there in the dropdown menu.  
Where do find it in Gramps?

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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:** [July 26, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997/2 "2025-07-26T11:44:41Z")

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Gramplets are sometimes limited to certain categories. So if they are not listed where you expect, it can be enlightening to look inside [its Gramps Plugin Registration file](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/blob/master/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser.gpr.py)

For this particular gramplet, it has the line `navtypes=["Person"]`

So it will not be available in the Dashboard category’s gramplet menu. It will only be in Categories where the navigation focus is based on the Active Person:

- People
- Relationships
- Charts
- Geography

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**Author:** ![rajan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/rajan/32/5420_2.png) [@rajan](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/rajan)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997/3 "2025-07-26T11:48:24Z")

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Thanks for your answer

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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:** [July 26, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997/4 "2025-07-26T13:44:42Z")

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> [@emyoulation](#):
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> Gramplets are sometimes limited to certain categories. So if they are not listed where you expect, it can be enlightening to look inside [its Gramps Plugin Registration file](https://github.com/gramps-project/addons-source/blob/master/MediaBrowser/MediaBrowser.gpr.py)

@Nick-Hall  
Do you think that it would be a reasonable enhancement request to add a list of Category icons to the **Addon&nbsp;Manager** listings for Gramplets that have NavType restrictions? (But _ **only** _ for those with restrictions. Otherwise it would add GUI clutter without adding situational awareness.)

And probably another request for the **Plugin Manager** listing since the Addon&nbsp;Manager does not list builtins and some of those have restrictions.

(Although it might be better enhancement to add a Builtins ‘project’ to the Addon&nbsp;Manager so all plugins could be searched in one interface.)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/media-browser-gramplet-not-shown/7997/5 "2025-08-25T13:45:30Z")

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