# What patches are ‘vital’ to your use of Gramps 6.0.x? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** hacks\ **Created:** [August 24, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-6-0-x/9886 "2026-08-24T20:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-6-0-x/9886/1 "2026-08-24T20:00:19Z")
There is another thread with: [What patches are ‘vital’ to your use of Gramps 5.1.x and 5.2.x?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-5-1-x-and-5-2-x/1744) (That list still has REAL SOLUTIONS that WORK, but that have not yet been rolled into Gramps. But It was started 5 years ago in August 2021. Which means that it has completely fallen off the radar.) But it is time to start a similar list for the 6.0 family. (This link is to a feature list published for the [Gramps 6.1 beta1 in April 2025](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/releases/tag/v6.1.0-beta1)) Here’s one: - Fixes the active table row scrolls off-screen (for the **Manage Family Trees** dialog) when changing the sort column or sort-direction. (I have a LOT of experimental trees. Mostly for recreating specific support issue. So I switch the Family Trees dialog from sorting on Name to sort on `Last accessed`. Then have to scroll to the top or bottom before seeking . ) The patch by @kku: [gramps/addons/DbManPatch at master · kkujansuu/gramps · GitHub](https://github.com/kkujansuu/gramps/tree/master/addons/DbManPatch) ---
**Author:** ![GeorgeWilmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@GeorgeWilmes](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/GeorgeWilmes)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-6-0-x/9886/2 "2026-08-24T21:10:48Z")
> [@emyoulation](#): > > Here’s one: > > - Fixes the active table row scrolls off-screen (for the **Manage Family Trees** dialog) when changing the sort column or sort-direction. (I have a LOT of experimental trees. Mostly for recreating specific support issue. So I switch the Family Trees dialog from sorting on Name to sort on `Last accessed`. Then have to scroll to the top or bottom before seeking . ) > The patch by @kku: [gramps/addons/DbManPatch at master · kkujansuu/gramps · GitHub](https://github.com/kkujansuu/gramps/tree/master/addons/DbManPatch) Just curious, why it is an addon rather than a PR? That is just the short-term fix? Is there an existing bug report or feature request? ---
**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:** [August 24, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-6-0-x/9886/3 "2026-08-24T21:22:41Z")
> [@GeorgeWilmes](#): > > an addon rather than a PR? That is just the short-term fix? I think that it is related to “I can get it done and out today” versus “I don’t know if going through ‘the official process’ will ever get this to the community” As an example, @codefarmer submitted a [related tweak to the behavior of that dialog](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/pull/2154) before 6.0.7 was released. But it missed being included in the forthcoming 6.1 release. It was [rebased in June by @dsblank](https://github.com/gramps-project/gramps/pull/2364) and a merge is still pending into the 6.2 master. (Nick replied positively _ **today** _ to a query about the likelihood that it being merged into 6.2) In summary, @kku got a fix out as an addon in the field the same day the feature was requested … but the patch by @codefarmer continues to wait since December. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2026, 11:23pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/what-patches-are-vital-to-your-use-of-gramps-6-0-x/9886/4 "2026-09-06T23:23:37Z")
I use WebSearch by @Urchello and find the unsorted Attributes menu overwhelming and small textbox limiting. So, here’s a 3-file hack for the following **Edit Attributes** dialog layout: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/a/ac023c6c669fef6807699d272656d4686fc7e92d.png) In `gramps/gui/` : - `autocomp.py` - `editors/editattribute.py` - `glade/editattribute.glade` [**`.ZIP` available on GitHub**](https://github.com/emyoulation/CuratedGrampsPlugins/commits/bc8a79d9ebeae33ff95e95440979fce0991c50e1/gramps61/source/EditAttributes20260906.zip) (for Gramps v. 5.2 and 6.0)