# New FamilyTreeView Addon (Thread 2)

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon-thread-2/7014>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** third-party-addon, familytreeview\
**Created:** [February 15, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon-thread-2/7014 "2025-02-15T16:22:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ztlxltl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/96bed5/32.png) [@ztlxltl](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/ztlxltl)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon-thread-2/7014/73 "2025-03-15T21:32:26Z")

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In the latest version of FamilyTreeView (v0.1.109), I added a feature that has been requested several times ([here](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon/6641/198) and [here](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/new-familytreeview-addon-thread-2/7014/3) by @Urchello): a way to display dates compactly. The two images below show dates and their compact representation. Please keep in mind that the representation is just a first attempt/draft.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/c/c02b382777c684d5655e4728b77c085f9db542d8.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/3/34e9f5cbcce651451d66e7e41b3f038c9fd4bbfc.png)

Possible improvements, open questions and discussion:

- ~ is used for three modifiers (estimated, calculated, about). Are there any ideas for using other symbols that are more intuitive to understand? I was thinking about using the following mathematical symbols (and their meaning in maths):

- If “estimated” and “after”/“before” appear together, the combinations ⪆ or ⪅ could be used to save one character (more compact)

- I’m not sure if the suffix + and − are intuitive (meaning “from” and “to”). As an alternative, I can think of using … before the date for “to” and after the date for “from”, but I’m not sure that would be more intuitive either. I’m open to your suggestions.

- In the current implementation, – is used for a range (“between A and B” → “A – B”) and … for a span (“from A to B” → “A … B”). I think … for a span is not very intuitive, but I cannot think of a better alternative. Maybe – and … should be swapped in their meaning?

The current implementation for the compact date display is just only a draft as far as the symbols used are concerned. As always, please let me know your suggestions.

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I also want to let you know that as of v0.1.104 there is a new option (in the Interaction tab) to hide the expanders when printing/exporting, and padding is added when printing/exporting to ensure that everything (e.g. all badges) is exported correctly.

[This post was copied from the original one which was moved to a [new topic](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/clarifying-date-spans-before-to-about-between-from-after/7250).]

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