Add even more generations to the fan chart

LegacyUser

Glen said: In the fan chart, please add more generations. Because the display can be zoomed nicely, additional generations beyond 7 can be added in a small font. When zoomed, they would be readable.

LegacyUser

Amy Archibald said: The fan chart, via the FamilySearch Family Tree app, on an Android phone can be extended to 7 generations currently. If you select the Options icon, the top part is defaulted to 4 Generations with a drop down arrow to the right. Select the arrow and you can extend up to 7 generation.

LegacyUser

Amy Archibald said: The same Options icon exists with an iPhone, IPad, etc. The fan chart can extend to 7 generations - the drop down is at the top the screen.

LegacyUser

Amy Archibald said: Oh! I just read that you want more than 7! Sorry I missed that.

LegacyUser

Jordi Kloosterboer said: I think it would also be nice to have at least 7 generations for dependency (to click once). Right now we only have 4, then we have to click on each arrow to go further down.

LegacyUser

Tom Huber said: The limit of seven generations is for readability. Plus, the more generations that are added, the more sensitive the chart is to touch screens.

There are better fan charting solutions, but associated with other applications. I briefly explored Ancestral Quest's charting solutions (which I use but have no other connection to the product or the company) and found there is a charting companion that offers some interesting solutions. You may want to explore these if you must have larger charts, perhaps printed on larger stock.

kathrine kristensen

I don't see a drop down on my laptop. Is there a way to get 7 generations on a laptop?

kathrine kristensen

Nevermind. I just needed to hit the symbol one more to the right

kathrine kristensen

How can I hide the tool bar so I only see the fan chart on my screen ?

Jane Cantrell Brookman

@LegacyUser Thank you for you suggestion. It has been passed on to the appropriate Product Manager.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

@Jane Cantrell Brookman, this is a zombie thread from three and a half years ago, revived by a comment this afternoon. You can tell that it's old from the "LegacyUser" username.

@kathrine kristensen, you can get rid of the toolbar by clicking on it.

Robert Lamping

Julia Szent-Györgyi/ Jane Cantrell Brookman : Zombie thread or not. I still like the idea of having more than 7 generations in the fan chart. Let the user decided what he/she wants to see and what is visible on the screen. It is nice to see which branches still need some further research. Most of my seven generations are already filled, so showing a few more would be nice.

You even might hide the center for some number of generations and make the outer generations easier to read.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

@Robert Lamping: fan charts are a balancing act between readability and scope; on my screen, for example, I can just barely squeeze in the six-generation chart if I want to both fit it all on screen at once and be able to read it. I generally leave it at seven generations and pan to the section I want, but that gets pretty annoying.

I don't think "hiding the center" would work, because that'd mean splitting each wedge in half, which would mean that only names like my mother's (ten characters total, including the space) would fit anywhere. Names like my father-in-law's (26 characters)? No hope. I'm better off doing what the chart can already do: a separate one for each parent or grandparent.