Would a QuickView to audit the Active Object to Text (leveraging export plugins) be viable?

It is often useful to get a quick overview of an object.

Could the export plug-ins be used for a QuickView? (I did a sampling of export formats with a 1 person filter for this posting. A suprising number exported a multi-megabyte full Tree despite the filter being set for a single person. CSV, JSON and RAW all refused to filter.)

So say that you wanted to audit the following person from the Gramps Example Tree:

Instead of copying the Person to the Clipboard, using the Clipboard context menu to create a custom filter, going to export feature. choosing XML as the export format, setting the filter to the clipboard custom filter, bypassing the other filters (living, privacy), filtering out disconnected items, disabling compression, selecting a destination, then finding and opening the created file; all you do is select the person and choose the QuickView.

Which pops a window with:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE database PUBLIC "-//Gramps//DTD Gramps XML 1.7.1//EN"
"http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/grampsxml.dtd">
<database xmlns="http://gramps-project.org/xml/1.7.1/">
  <header>
    <created date="2023-04-22" version="5.1.5"/>
  </header>
  <name-formats>
    <format number="-1" name="SURNAME, Given (Common)" fmt_str="SURNAME, given (common)" active="1"/>
  </name-formats>
  <events>
    <event handle="_a5af0eba7536b15f1eb" change="1284030599" id="E0434">
      <type>Birth</type>
      <dateval val="1997-12-26"/>
      <place hlink="_GGKKQCB5J6R98D22BM"/>
      <description>Birth of Garner, Alecia &quot;Allie&quot; Clare</description>
    </event>
    <event handle="_a5af0eba7655b02c1f6" change="1284030599" id="E0435">
      <type>LVG</type>
      <description>Custom FTW5 tag to specify LIVING not specified in GEDCOM 5.5</description>
    </event>
    <event handle="_a5af0eda31b7e4589a2" change="1284030624" id="E3076">
      <type>Marriage</type>
      <dateval val="1997-07-07"/>
      <place hlink="_2QELQC76L9IYKGKMA1"/>
      <description>Marriage of Garner, Thomas James and Сорокин, Holly Ruth</description>
    </event>
  </events>
  <people>
    <person handle="_XFKKQCGA4DVECEB48E" change="1185438865" id="I1335">
      <gender>F</gender>
      <name type="Birth Name">
        <first>Alecia &quot;Allie&quot; Clare</first>
        <surname>Garner</surname>
      </name>
      <eventref hlink="_a5af0eba7536b15f1eb" role="Primary"/>
      <eventref hlink="_a5af0eba7655b02c1f6" role="Primary"/>
      <childof hlink="_9NTJQCKXTXWWX1HQZG"/>
      <citationref hlink="_c140d27b2870b021561"/>
    </person>
  </people>
  <families>
    <family handle="_9NTJQCKXTXWWX1HQZG" change="1185438865" id="F0406">
      <rel type="Married"/>
      <eventref hlink="_a5af0eda31b7e4589a2" role="Family"/>
      <childref hlink="_XFKKQCGA4DVECEB48E"/>
      <citationref hlink="_c140d28753c4e3a14d5"/>
    </family>
  </families>
  <citations>
    <citation handle="_c140d27b2870b021561" change="1328025958" id="C1951">
      <confidence>2</confidence>
      <sourceref hlink="_X5TJQC9JXU4RKT6VAX"/>
    </citation>
    <citation handle="_c140d28753c4e3a14d5" change="1328025963" id="C2322">
      <confidence>2</confidence>
      <sourceref hlink="_X5TJQC9JXU4RKT6VAX"/>
    </citation>
    <citation handle="_c140e0925ac0adcf8c4" change="1328027435" id="C2853">
      <page>page 26</page>
      <confidence>2</confidence>
      <sourceref hlink="_c140d4ef77841431905"/>
    </citation>
  </citations>
  <sources>
    <source handle="_X5TJQC9JXU4RKT6VAX" change="1328027439" id="S0003">
      <stitle>Import from test2.ged</stitle>
      <noteref hlink="_ac3804a842b21358c97"/>
      <srcattribute type="Creation date" value="24 APR 1999"/>
      <srcattribute type="Generated by" value="ROOTSV 5.01"/>
      <reporef hlink="_a701e99f93e5434f6f3" callno="CA-123-LL-456_Num/ber" medium="Film"/>
    </source>
    <source handle="_c140d4ef77841431905" change="1681828882" id="S0001">
      <stitle>All possible citations</stitle>
      <sauthor>Author</sauthor>
      <spubinfo>Publisher</spubinfo>
      <sabbrev>abbr</sabbrev>
      <noteref hlink="_c140d4c29520c92055c"/>
      <objref hlink="_F0QIGQFT275JFJ75E8"/>
    </source>
  </sources>
  <places>
    <placeobj handle="_2QELQC76L9IYKGKMA1" change="1234373371" id="P0922" type="City">
      <ptitle>Blacksburg, VA</ptitle>
      <pname value="Blacksburg"/>
      <placeref hlink="_c965872644515b853857a99b200"/>
    </placeobj>
    <placeobj handle="_4ECKQCWCLO5YIHXEXC" change="1234373374" id="P0957" type="Country">
      <ptitle>USA</ptitle>
      <pname value="USA"/>
    </placeobj>
    <placeobj handle="_GGKKQCB5J6R98D22BM" change="1234373372" id="P1230" type="City">
      <ptitle>Fergus Falls, MN</ptitle>
      <pname value="Fergus Falls"/>
      <placeref hlink="_c96587263a93ade67f32862abe4"/>
    </placeobj>
    <placeobj handle="_c96587263a93ade67f32862abe4" change="1383986851" id="P0050" type="State">
      <ptitle>MN, USA</ptitle>
      <pname value="MN"/>
      <placeref hlink="_4ECKQCWCLO5YIHXEXC"/>
    </placeobj>
    <placeobj handle="_c965872644515b853857a99b200" change="1383986851" id="P0080" type="State">
      <ptitle>VA, USA</ptitle>
      <pname value="VA"/>
      <placeref hlink="_4ECKQCWCLO5YIHXEXC"/>
    </placeobj>
  </places>
  <objects>
    <object handle="_F0QIGQFT275JFJ75E8" change="1681828543" id="O0006">
      <file src="Alimehemet.jpg" mime="image/jpeg" checksum="a8df70b9c84208806e8e2cb4fb0fe0dd" description="Alimehemet"/>
    </object>
  </objects>
  <repositories>
    <repository handle="_a701e99f93e5434f6f3" change="1328027438" id="R0002">
      <rname>New York Public Library</rname>
      <type>Library</type>
      <address>
        <street>5th Ave at 42 street</street>
        <city>New York</city>
        <state>New York</state>
        <country>USA</country>
        <postal>11111</postal>
        <citationref hlink="_c140e0925ac0adcf8c4"/>
      </address>
    </repository>
  </repositories>
  <notes>
    <note handle="_ac3804a842b21358c97" change="1185438865" id="N0007" type="Source Note">
      <text>The repository reference from the source is important</text>
    </note>
    <note handle="_c140d4c29520c92055c" change="1328026197" id="N0015" type="General" format="1">
      <text>This source has all possible references pointing to it. The references are as follows:

This note appears as a note to the source and also as a note for the person.

page 01  Person
page 02    Name
page 03    Address
page 04    Attribute
page 05    PersonRef
page 06    MediaRef
page 07      Attribute
page 08    LdsOrd
page 09    EventRef:Attribute 
page 10  Family
page 11    Attribute
page 12    ChildRef
page 13    MediaRef
page 14      Attribute
page 15    LdsOrd
page 16    EventRef:Attribute
page 17  Event
page 18    Attribute
page 19    MediaRef
page 20      Attribute
page 21  MediaObject
page 22    Attribute
page 23  Place
page 24    MediaRef
page 25      Attribute
page 26  Repository:Address</text>
      <style name="fontface" value="Courier">
        <range start="0" end="705"/>
      </style>
      <style name="fontsize" value="12">
        <range start="0" end="705"/>
      </style>
    </note>
  </notes>
  <bookmarks>
    <bookmark target="person" hlink="_AWFKQCJELLUWDY2PD3"/>
    <bookmark target="person" hlink="_35WJQC1B7T7NPV8OLV"/>
    <bookmark target="person" hlink="_Q8HKQC3VMRM1M6M7ES"/>
    <bookmark target="family" hlink="_9OUJQCBOHW9UEK9CNV"/>
  </bookmarks>
  <namemaps>
    <map type="group_as" key="Fernández" value="Fernandez"/>
  </namemaps>
</database>

Or exporting GEDCOM :

0 HEAD
1 SOUR Gramps
2 VERS 5.1.5
2 NAME Gramps
1 DATE 22 APR 2023
2 TIME 13:07:47
1 GEDC
2 VERS 5.5.1
2 FORM LINEAGE-LINKED
1 CHAR UTF-8
1 LANG English
0 @I1335@ INDI
1 NAME Alecia "Allie" Clare /Garner/
2 GIVN Alecia "Allie" Clare
2 SURN Garner
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 TYPE Birth of Garner, Alecia "Allie" Clare
2 DATE 26 DEC 1997
2 PLAC Fergus Falls, MN, USA
2 ADDR
3 CITY Fergus Falls
3 STAE MN
3 CTRY USA
1 EVEN Custom FTW5 tag to specify LIVING not specified in GEDCOM 5.5
2 TYPE LVG
1 FAMC @F0406@
2 PEDI birth
1 SOUR @S0003@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUL 2007
3 TIME 08:34:25
0 @F0406@ FAM
1 MARR
2 TYPE Marriage of Garner, Thomas James and Сорокин, Holly Ruth
2 DATE 7 JUL 1997
2 PLAC Blacksburg, VA, USA
2 ADDR
3 CITY Blacksburg
3 STAE VA
3 CTRY USA
1 CHIL @I1335@
1 SOUR @S0003@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUL 2007
3 TIME 08:34:25
0 @S0001@ SOUR
1 TITL All possible citations
1 AUTH Author
1 PUBL Publisher
1 ABBR abbr
1 OBJE @O0006@
1 NOTE @N0015@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 APR 2023
3 TIME 14:41:22
0 @S0003@ SOUR
1 TITL Import from test2.ged
1 REPO @R0002@
2 CALN CA-123-LL-456_Num/ber
3 MEDI Film
1 NOTE @N0007@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 31 JAN 2012
3 TIME 16:30:39
0 @R0002@ REPO
1 NAME New York Public Library
1 ADDR 5th Ave at 42 street
2 CONT New York
2 CONT New York
2 CONT 11111
2 CONT USA
2 ADR1 5th Ave at 42 street
2 CITY New York
2 STAE New York
2 POST 11111
2 CTRY USA
0 @N0007@ NOTE The repository reference from the source is important
0 @N0015@ NOTE This source has all possible references pointing to it. The referen
1 CONC ces are as follows:
1 CONT 
1 CONT This note appears as a note to the source and also as a note for the per
1 CONC son.
1 CONT 
1 CONT page 01  Person
1 CONT page 02    Name
1 CONT page 03    Address
1 CONT page 04    Attribute
1 CONT page 05    PersonRef
1 CONT page 06    MediaRef
1 CONT page 07      Attribute
1 CONT page 08    LdsOrd
1 CONT page 09    EventRef:Attribute 
1 CONT page 10  Family
1 CONT page 11    Attribute
1 CONT page 12    ChildRef
1 CONT page 13    MediaRef
1 CONT page 14      Attribute
1 CONT page 15    LdsOrd
1 CONT page 16    EventRef:Attribute
1 CONT page 17  Event
1 CONT page 18    Attribute
1 CONT page 19    MediaRef
1 CONT page 20      Attribute
1 CONT page 21  MediaObject
1 CONT page 22    Attribute
1 CONT page 23  Place
1 CONT page 24    MediaRef
1 CONT page 25      Attribute
1 CONT page 26  Repository:Address
0 @O0006@ OBJE
1 FILE /usr/share/doc/gramps/example/gramps/Alimehemet.jpg
2 FORM jpg
2 TITL Alimehemet
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 APR 2023
3 TIME 14:35:43
0 TRLR

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