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7.9.300 - 11 JUN 2021

  • New: Added right click menus to pedigree, family, descendant, person list, and couple list
  • New: Added lat/long to places and Place detail lists in places page
  • New: Shared facts now show the role on the list of people sharing a fact
  • New: Shared facts now display the role in the label in Edit Person screen
  • New: Shared facts now display (and allow customizing) the sentence
  • Fixed: Forms opening too big on low resolution screens
  • Fixed: Sidebar Index was always moving to first person in list after closing Edit Person screen
  • Fixed: Shared facts on Edit Person screen now shows "description" if needed
  • Fixed: Size / position of sentence box for facts on edit screen is now remembered
  • Fixed: Edit Person form doesn't stay on top of other active applications anymore (Mac)
  • Fixed: When opening separate window for notes, Enter adds a new line instead of closing note
  • Fixed: Ancestry download now handles pictures with the same filename
  • Fixed: Reverse place names on Places page wasn't working
  • Fixed: Unused places on Places page wasn't working
  • Fixed: RM7 import now retains correct start view and start side view
  • Fixed: Add Citation, Add Address, Add Media, Add Person, Add Task, Add Witness screens all remember their size now
  • Fixed: Hanging issue when a source had more than 500 repositories
  • Fixed: Adding a source to a GEDCOM import wasn't attaching the source to the items (if user selected that option)
  • Fixed: Selecting a folder on task page wasn't working
  • Fixed: Mac hanging when selecting reports from the report list
  • Fixed: Numerous Mac hanging / crashing issues
  • Fixed: Endnotes were sometimes displaying formatting codes
  • Fixed: Numerous report issues
  • Fixed: When selecting FS from the status icons for a person, it wasn't loading the information
  • Fixed: Family Group sheet would print blank page if highlighting a person w/ no family (instead of giving a warning)
  • Fixed: Sources pointing to non-existant templates would crash in reports. Added check to stop that.
  • New: Selecting places (for merging places, selecting for tags, etc) displays shows details about highlighted place on right of form
  • Fixed: Numerous minor bug fixes
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.275 - 28 MAY 2021

  • New: Added font scaling (70% - 150%). Change in Settings Page, Display view. You will be prompted to restart RootsMagic after making the change for changes to take effect. (KNOWN ISSUES: Family view boxes have overlapped text when first starting RM at high font scalings. For now, moving away from Family page and back will fix it.)
  • Fixed: Issue with forms opening too large after user switches Windows scaling to higher percentage
  • Fixed: Typing into search field to filter sources on Source Page, then moving to another page and coming back left the list filtered but search box was blank (also fixed similar issue with Place, Media, Task, and Address pages)
  • Fixed: Some issues with incorrect citations showing after adding a citation to a source.
  • Fixed: Add Fact form now centers on Edit Person screen instead of Main window.
  • Fixed: Reset TreeShare works correctly now.
  • Fixed: Duplicate list report crashing on Mac
  • Fixed: Adding a person to new file, then immediately trying to edit the person opened an empty edit screen
  • New: Help system is being moved to a wiki format: http://wiki.rootsmagic.com. Program help (F1 and menu help) now point to the wiki help.
  • New: Update History is now on the wiki: http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic_8:Update_History
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.265 - 18 MAY 2021

  • New: When adding a person, RM will check for duplicates
  • Fixed: Cursor starts in fields in People > Tools > Date calculator
  • Fixed: Cursor starts in fields in place list and gazetteer when editing a place
  • New: When adding a source, address, repository, media, or task to a person/fact, the select page of the Add screen now shows details about the highlighted item in the list
  • Fixed: Double clicking Person List view or Couple List view would sometimes open the wrong person's edit screen
  • New: Selecting sources, citations, addresses, repositories, and tasks for media tags (and other places) now shows details about the highlighted item in the list
  • Fixed: On duplicate search / merge, swapping dups and then merging would crash or freeze
  • Fixed: When closing the edit screen the sort on the Person List view would always revert back to Name sort
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.258 - 10 MAY 2021

  • Fixed: Research Notes report prints the correct person now
  • Fixed: Added fact type to Research Notes report
  • Fixed: Report titles include prefix, nickname and suffix in the name
  • Fixed: Filter works properly in Task List report now
  • Fixed: Scrapbook report works for places now
  • Fixed: "<" and ">" characters print properly in narrative reports now
  • Fixed: Marriage info in Outline descendant narrative report prints with the correct indentation now
  • Fixed: Issues with some files not importing completely
  • Fixed: Moving back and forth between Family View and Couple List View maintains same family
  • New: Added option to display Edit Person rows on a single line
  • Fixed: Fact Type and other list forms start with cursor in search field again.
  • Fixed: Sentence template displays nickname correctly when set to use parentheses
  • Fixed: Notes save symbols like quotes, angle brackets, em dash, etc correctly (rather than as html code)
  • Fixed: Fact type and date column width are remembered on Edit Person screen
  • New: Added update history to online help
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.250 - 28 APR 2021

  • New: Added Copy button to Add Source (select source) form
  • New: Text is now selectable on note popup
  • Fixed: Notes save properly now
  • Fixed: Changed "Pri Name" and "Alt Name" to "Primary Name" and "Alternate Name" in edit screen
  • Fixed: Crashes in place merge form
  • Fixed: Crashes in Select Fact Types form for Missing Info report
  • Fixed: Changed hot keys for History List to Ctrl+Shift+Left and Ctrl+Shift+Right
  • Fixed: Added "b", "m", and "d" on Family view
  • Fixed: Added support for FACT tag in GEDCOM import
  • Fixed: Note editor retains spacing when multiple spaces in a row are entered
  • Fixed: Various report issues
  • New: Added more informative error reports for reporting crashes
  • Fixed: Assorted crashes
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.245 - 22 APR 2021

  • New: When adding father RM will prefill surname with child's surname
  • New: Optimized some lists
  • Fixed: Shared event sources now show properly when event is selected in Edit Person screen
  • Fixed: WebTag urls now visible when using hi-contrast grid highlight
  • Fixed: Customized citations are now remembered properly on Edit Person screen
  • New: Source and citation detail texts are now displayed in Edit Citation footnote panel
  • Fixed: Master source "Used" panel now shows all uses of Master source
  • Fixed: Some Ancestry crashes
  • Fixed: Some FamilySearch crashes
  • Fixed: Some reporting crashes
  • Fixed: Some Mac specific crashes
  • Fixed: Other random crashes
  • Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.235 - 12 APR 2021

  • New: When editing citations, master source media, tasks, etc are grouped with the master source now.
  • New: Some optimization when opening files
  • New: Some optimization when navigating
  • Fixed: Navigation arrows on pedigree and family view don't disappear when hovered over on pure white or black backgrounds
  • Fixed: Editing the master source when adding a new citation isn't ignored anymore
  • Fixed: Modifying the footnote on a free form source sometimes wasn't saving
  • Fixed: Random JSON error when exiting RM8
  • Fixed: Optimized media thumbnail view
  • Fixed: Duplicate Search Merge could crash if no duplicates were found
  • Fixed: Some options on report settings on Mac weren't working
  • Fixed: Issues with Fix Broken Media Links on Mac
  • Fixed: Filename was wrapping on Media links on edit screen on Mac
  • Fixed: Some issues with importing / opening databases linked to TreeShare
  • New: Added additional error reporting code to assist with fixing report crashes
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs (especially on Mac)
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.215 - 1 APR 2021

  • New: When editing a source citation, you can now view / edit both the master source and citation fields simultaneously
  • New: Footnote, short footnote, and bibliography display for master sources
  • New: Changed workflow for sources, tasks, addresses, media, and shared events to be more like RM7
  • New: Simplified edit panels on Edit Person screen
  • New: Edit Person screen edit panel now shows count of each item (sources, tasks, addresses, media, shared) rather than long sections of the items themselves
  • New: Hovering over note row or item count displays popup with note or list of the items (sources, media, tasks, addresses)
  • New: Clicking the item count (sources, tasks, media, addresses) displays a list of those items.
  • New: Clicking an icon (sources, media, addresses, tasks) in the Edit Person grid will display a list of those items
  • New: Clicking an item in the list above will allow editing the item
  • New: Highlighting an item in the list above (by hovering over the item or clicking the label for the item) will display full details of that item in a display panel.
  • Fixed: Selecting a file in the file view would open the highlighted file instead of the selected file on touch screen.
  • Fixed: Ancestry connection is preserved when importing from GEDCOM
  • Fixed: Ancestry connection is preserved when doing drag and drop
  • New: Citation quality is displayed for highlighted citation
  • Fixed: Clicking the gazetteer in Edit Person will pre-fill with the entered place
  • Fixed: Crash when creating a new "role" for a shared fact on the Edit Person screen
  • Fixed: Added the ability to remove a person from a shared fact
  • Fixed: Windows icon
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.200 - 18 MAR 2021

  • New: Search and Replace
  • New: Find / Find Next added to notes
  • New: Added new LDS temples
  • New: Much easier to Add or Remove a Task from a Folder (either from the Task Page or when editing a Task linked to something)
  • Fixed: If program hangs when loading a file, RM will turn off Auto Load so that it doesn't keep hanging every time you try to start the program.
  • Fixed: Pictures overwriting each other on some systems
  • Fixed: Report engine issues
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.185 - 11 MAR 2021

  • New: Updated Task Page
  • New: Folder list exposed on main Task Page
  • New: Added Research Log view for selected Folder on Task Page
  • New: Footnote can be copied from Edit Citation footnote section
  • Fixed: Editing WebTag and Customize Footnote crashes
  • Fixed: Crashing in NGSQ narrative report
  • New: "Combine citations" is false by default
  • New: New application icon
  • Fixed: Changing report page size is now remembered for all reports
  • Fixed: Some report crashes when table cells are too large for a single page
  • Fixed: Some FamilySearch crashes
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic fixes

7.9.180 - 4 MAR 2021

  • New: Added Ancestry and FamilySearch buttons to the side menu for quicker access
  • Fixed: Did some cleanup on FamilySearch screens
  • Fixed: Size of FamilySearch person tools screen is remembered
  • Fixed: Edit screen - default is now non-reversed place names since that's what people are used to (can still change them to reversed as an option)
  • New: Mapping labels just use the first part of the place (either place detail or city, etc) to reduce overlap
  • New: Added direct download link for updates as an option
  • Fixed: Merging sources with the same repository doesn't double up repositories anymore
  • Fixed: Fixed some FamilySearch login issues
  • Fixed: Fixed some Ancestry login issues
  • Fixed: When opening a database, the Settings tab buttons could be overlapped way out on the right
  • Fixed: Drag and drop was overly sensitive to movement which could make user have to click multiple times to select a person in pedigree or family view
  • New: Added option to start RM with side menu collapsed
  • Fixed: Scrollbar arrows on lists now move 1 row
  • Fixed: Fixed progress bar and sped up "collecting changes" on Ancestry TreeShare
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic changes

7.9.170 - 1 MAR 2021

  • New: Media drag/drop on Add Media form
  • New: Added paste as plain text command in note editor
  • Fixed: Home page tab only highlights orange when update is available
  • New: Home page tab displays a count of unread articles
  • New: Added background rectangle to map labels to make them stand out a little better
  • New: Added male/female icons on TreeShare
  • New: Added star on TreeShare to indicate primary name
  • New: Added lock on TreeShare to indicate private event
  • New: Added list view on Add Media form
  • New: Updated list view on Media page
  • Fixed: Issues when importing larger files
  • New: Added F2 shortcut for command pallette
  • Fixed: Program options and folder options are available without loading a database first
  • Fixed: Addressed some speed issues when opening files or moving between people
  • Fixed: Crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.160 - 22 FEB 2021

  • New: Added a few initial color themes (accessible via new Display view in Settings).
  • New: People side view can now be on left or right side
  • New: People side view has info section separated from the other sections so that it is always visible in people view.
  • New: Info section in people side view has been redesigned with 3 sections (details, spouses/children, parents/siblings)
  • New: New thumbnail viewer with better performance with large numbers of media
  • New: Thumbnail viewer displays media type icon for non-image media
  • New: Thumbnail viewer now displays thumbnail of first page of PDF files
  • New: Added labels to map markers in Map view
  • New: Children are numbered in Family view
  • New: Criteria in Search page can now be left or right
  • New: Added option to display or hide pictures on Pedigree and Family pages
  • New: Added parent labels on Family page
  • New: Added option to not display blue/pink avatars on Pedigree / Family pages when a picture isn't available
  • Fixed: Scaling of name boxes in Pedigree and Family pages has been cleaned up
  • Fixed: Blog articles which have been read on the Home page now stay marked "read"
  • Fixed: Forms sometimes opening huge fixed
  • Fixed: Running "Clean phantom records" would sometimes break TreeShare links
  • Fixed: Report icons don't bring up the wrong report when first clicked anymore
  • Fixed: Removed vertical lines in drop down menus
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.150 - 12 FEB 2021

  • New: Checkbox on Edit Person screen to switch between showing relative events or not
  • New: Added place mapping (in addition to existing people mapping)
  • New: Mapping supports place details now
  • Fixed: Place list could be unresponsive when scrolling
  • Fixed: RM Explorer would sometimes pop up after closing Edit Person screen
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.146 - 9 FEB 2021

  • New: New note editor with better row spacing, handling of RM7 notes, and right mouse menu
  • New: Mapping now displays at place detail level
  • Fixed: Family view displays arrows to right of grandparents even if they don't have parents themselves
  • Fixed: Sentence on edit person screen shows proper age for relative events (like Death-Father)
  • Fixed: Several crashing bugs
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

Known issues: Issues pasting into note editor from some sources that place the data onto the clipboard incorrectly

7.9.142 - 4 FEB 2021

  • Fixed: some redrawing issues when un-collapsing sections in the edit panel
  • Fixed: occasional crashes caused by collapse / uncollapse
  • Fixed: crashes when exiting from selecting people for map view
  • Fixed: scroll wheel and track pad don't accidentally change data in drop lists on edit panel anymore
  • Fixed: various crashing bugs
  • Fixed: cosmetic issues

7.9.140 - 3 FEB 2021

  • New: Can now access/edit master source when editing a citation for a person/fact.
  • New: Added ability to "collapse" sections in edit panel (citations, media, tasks, etc)
  • New: Sections display number of items in that section (citations, media, tasks, etc)
  • New: Streamlined "Add source" dialog to allow both selecting or adding a new source from same form
  • New: Can select options in edit panel drop lists by typing first character
  • Fixed: Added / Updated hotkeys: many listed in command pallette, Shift+Ctrl+A=edit, Shift+Ctrl+D=delete, Shift+Ctrl+E=edit on the various pages (places, sources, tasks, etc)
  • Fixed: Delete key works properly in edit panel again
  • Fixed: Note editor doesn't require click to begin typing
  • Fixed: Can select / highlight the citation in Ancestry hints window
  • Fixed: Citation name now survives drag and drop
  • Fixed: TMG dates import properly
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing errors
  • Fixed: CPU racing when FamilySearch webhints are turned on
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.130 - 28 JAN 2021

  • New: Added first batch of hot keys (some are displayed in the Command Pallette, others are Ctrl+A on the source, citation, media, task, address, etc screens for adding a new record)
  • New: Report viewer now shows a scrollable thumbnail list of all pages
  • New: New print report/chart dialog
  • New: Added ability to scale report when printing
  • New: Added ability to print oversized reports and charts on multiple sheets of paper
  • New: When editing media for a person/fact, you can now see and edit the tags for that media item
  • Fixed: WebHint count is now accurate in hover menu
  • Fixed: Clicking the thumbnail of a file/audio/video on Mac now opens that item in the associated program
  • Fixed: No more /// in Mac media items on import
  • Fixed: FamilySearch issues on Mac
  • Fixed: Crashes when closing WebHint screen on Mac
  • Fixed: Crashes when closing Problem Alerts on Mac
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.127 - 25 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: Added cut/copy/paste hotkeys to edit fields
  • Fixed: Doesn't crash when closing a second open database
  • New: Descendant view remembers column widths
  • Fixed: People list and Couple list don't lose column width settings when resizing or doing search
  • Fixed: Bitmap too large error when zooming in on large wallcharts
  • Fixed: Place detail count updates after merging place details
  • Fixed: Pasting URL into WebTags doesn't paste it into notes anymore
  • Fixed: Numerous crashing bugs reported through the crash error form in RM8
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.123 - 22 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: EPdfErrors "File not found" when creating charts and reports
  • New: Added Shift+Scroll wheel to chart viewer to zoom
  • Fixed: Reports and Media now properly use the folders set in Settings > Folders
  • Fixed: "Object lock not owned" errors
  • Fixed: Sort dates now support -1, -2 on the end of the sort date again
  • Fixed: Adding media on Mac using "Documents" doesn't gray out PDF, DOCX, and other formats anymore
  • Fixed: Various Ancestry TreeShare issues
  • Fixed: Various FamilySearch issues
  • Fixed: Various random crashes
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.120 - 19 JAN 2021

  • New: Added "Fix broken media links"
  • Fixed: Mac media import for crossover users
  • Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from WebHints
  • Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from Problem alerts
  • Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from FamilySearch
  • Fixed: Edit screen now works properly from Ancestry screen
  • Better error / crash reporting to help us find some of the trickier crashes
  • Cosmetic fixes and enhancements

7.9.115 - 15 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: Group sheet now uses user labels for Father / Mother
  • Fixed: Media paths on GEDCOM import on Mac
  • Fixed: Media paths on direct RM7 import on Mac
  • Fixed: Numerous freezing issues with FamilySearch
  • Fixed: Numerous freezing issues with Ancestry
  • Fixed: RootsMagic and Ancestry list scroll together on Ancestry TreeShare screen
  • Fixed: Accepted / Rejected buttons work on Ancestry WebHints screen
  • Cosmetic fixes

7.9.112 - 12 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: Error when adding or deleting facts on person edit screen
  • Fixed: Opening Ancestry WebHints in RM7 and RM8 at same time doesn't generate error anymore
  • Fixed: Some FamilySearch freeze issues
  • Fixed: No more duplicate file names showing on File page
  • New: Media links on facts, etc show just file name (rather than full path)
  • Fixed: Support for ~/ in media filenames on Mac
  • Fixed: Clicking in "found files"
  • New: Improved crash error reporting
  • Fixed: Cosmetic issues

7.9.110 - 11 JAN 2021

  • New: after adding a new fact, the fact is put into edit mode
  • New: added PlaceClean to the Place Page menu
  • Fixed: Ancestry WebHints update screen OK and Cancel buttons weren't working
  • Fixed: Left keyboard key on child in Family view now moves to next generation
  • New: The Place, Sources, Media, Tasks, and Address pages now start with the cursor in the search field for the page
  • Fixed: Buttons to switch between views on the pages were sometimes erratic
  • New: Double clicking a thumbnail in the media view opens the viewer
  • New: Added Memorize/Paste for source citations
  • Fixed: Sentence displays properly for DNA fact type
  • New: The footnote updates as citation details are typed in

7.9.107 - 8 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: FamilySearch wasn't prompting for login if you entered an invalid password
  • Fixed: Ancestry wasn't prompting for login if you entered an invalid password
  • Fixed: TreeShare download sometimes wouldn't include sources (Mac)
  • Fixed: TreeShare download sometimes wouldn't include media (Mac)
  • Fixed: TreeShare compare screen on Mac would sometimes freeze
  • Fixed: FamilySearch import includes ordinance information
  • Fixed: FamilySearch import sometimes wouldn't complete
  • Fixed: FamilySearch AutoMatch issues
  • Fixed: Freezing issues with FamilySearch Central
  • New: Enhanced error reporting that provides us with more details to help track down crashes (no user identifying info)

7.9.105 - 5 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: Icons on File page don't overwrite each other when resizing
  • Fixed: Icons on Publish page don't overwrite when resizing
  • Fixed: Avatars on pedigree and family view don't overwrite when navigating or resizing
  • Fixed: Icons in side view don't overwrite or turn into green blocks
  • Fixed: Ancestry TreeShare doesn't affect RM7 TreeShare anymore
  • Fixed: Place list is updated after TreeShare download
  • Fixed: Source list is updated after TreeShare download
  • Fixed: Media page is updated after TreeShare download
  • Fixed: Progress on TreeShare improved
  • New: Edit Person button added to WebHints form

7.9.103 - 4 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: Installer no longer prompts or tries to uninstall previous versions of RM
  • Fixed: No longer creates log files in the documents folder
  • Fixed: No longer pops up Ancestry login when autologin is selected (unless the username/pw is wrong)
  • Fixed: Ancestry WebHints appear more consistently
  • Fixed: Ancestry WebHints screen operates properly now
  • Fixed: Crashing on Macs when closing various forms
  • Fixed: Select button on Explorer (Mac) sometimes didn't work
  • Fixed: Some help file issues
  • Fixed: Minor cosmetic issues

7.9.101 - 1 JAN 2021

  • Fixed: media issues on Mac (such as missing "/" in file path, inability to open media, etc).
  • Fixed: random StringList exception errors
  • Fixed: invalid typecast errors when creating large charts
  • New: added option to open last closed file when starting program