Hi,
I have a problem with the type of locatilns list (city, town, state, etc.): they don’t appear in alphabetical order. This is quite annoying when looking for a certain entry.
Is there a way to sort this list? I couldn’t find a way.
I am using Gramps 6.0.6 on Win11
Thanks a lot!
Do you mean that if you select ‘Places’ and then click on the header of the ‘Name’ column then the list of places is not sorted alphabetically?
Oh, sorry, bad explanation…
I meant the dialog when I want to add a new place to an event.
There I have this list where I can choose the type of place I want to add.
This list is somehow messed up.
I have a similar problem with the pop-up menu list of custom Attribute types
I never use the full list as such just type in the first letter of the
type you are looking for and it will give a much shorter list
phil
Except when Gramps stops doing that. I don’t know if that is when the list grows too large or there is some other reason. But my Place Type list hasn’t filtered like that for years. And the Surname suggestion-as-you-type on happens occassionally. As in occasions like, once in a blue moon.
You mean this one?
You have not added any custom Place types to the list. Custom are added at the bottom of the menu after the presets and are not sorted.
(The first 2 custom types that I added were"Cemetery" and “Township”.)
On 5.2.4 which is what I still use. Place Types fall into two groups
1st group Pre-installed Types all sorted in alphabetical order
Double Space
2nd Group Custom Types all sorted in alphabetical order
I have done nothing with this order or delete unused Types over many years.
phil
In my experience, the built-in types are listed first in alphabetical
order and then the custom types are listed in alphabetical order below
those. However, for me it has always worked to type in the first
character(s) and get the matching types, both built-in and custom. This
has been true for many versions of Gramps over several years. I use
Kubuntu and I am currently using Gramps 6.0.4 because that is the most
recent .deb package I’ve found and I haven’t had a reason to figure out
how to install from source.
Thanks a lot for all your answers.
Somehow I didn’t recognize, that the list is sorted by pre-built and custom ones.
In my case, both are listed in alphabetical order, but not seperated by double space, like phil mentioned.
Sorting the list by typing the first letter(s) works fine so far. I will see how long it works… 
Aditionally the question if it’s possible to delete an item? In my case there is an double entry (“Bezirk”, strangely in the pre-built list…) and I would like to get rid of one.
