Unable to edit place names
Hi,
This morning 30 Jan '24 I have noticed a problem.
When I enter details for a person on Family Tree, I am now unable to change a place name from the standard versions.
Eg I enter Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, to get the standard version. I then used to be able to add District into the place name to give Scunthorpe District, Lincolnshire, England to designate the registration ditrict.
Prior to today I was able to do so without a problem, but now I am unable to do so.
I have tried clearing cookies & data in my browser, and using a different browser.
Has anyone else encountered the same problem?
Thanks
John
Best Answer
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Yes and no.
If I enter a place and then want to add the (non-standardised) text "District", there used to be two ways of doing it.
If I type the entry, then add "District" and then I select the option in red over the top of the drop-down list, it works.
However, I used to be able to type the entry, add "District" and then click outside the dropdown and red text to make it stick - i.e. not on the drop-down, not on the red. That seems to be problematic. Sometimes (usually, in fact) it doesn't release the Save button until I do something like stick a space in the text box. And even when I do get the Save button to appear, then after I've Saved it - it hasn't saved it at all but reverts to the previous value.
I don't think I just ran into any issues by clicking on the red text. But clicking outside now usually fails (not sure it always failed) whereas it used to work.
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Answers
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I'm still able to select the standard place "Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England" then I click just before the comma after Scunthorpe and type in " District" with no problem. It looks like this:
The display place is Scunthorpe District, Lincolnshire, England, and the standardized place is Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. For me, it worked as I expected.
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Thanks for your replies.
I used to click outside the box to confirm my amendment, but that does not seem to work now.
Selecting the 'red' option now seems to work OK.
John
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