Inverse relationships disappearing from the inspector

Q & A
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#1

I have several inverse relationships in my timeline, but when I use one, its opposite disappears from the inspector’s drop-down menu and I can’t select it.

So for example:

I created a parent relationship that has an inverse Child relationship.
I say that Character A is the child of Character B,
Now if I try to put them as the parent of Character C, I no longer have the option to do so.

It seems like the character can now only have a “Child” relationship or a “Parent” relationship but they cannot have both. And if I try to route around it by going to other inspectors:
Character B is the parent of Character A
Character C is the child of Character A
I find that Character A is now the Parent of Character B AND Character C

I feel like I have a setting wrong somewhere but can’t figure out what it is. Help?

#2

Hi @WWScribbler we haven’t been able to reproduce your issue, so there may be a bug in the app version you’re using.

Could you please send us:

  • The version details of the app you’re using (go to Aeon Timeline > About Aeon Timeline on Mac, or Help > About Aeon Timeline on Windows).
  • Either a copy of your .aeon file or screenshots of the relationship settings and what is showing in the inspector.

If you email those to support@aeontimeline.com we’ll have a look and see if we can work out what’s going on.

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#3

Sent, thank you! It looks like the relationships resetting was a mistake on my end, but the inverse relationships are still disappearing from the drop-down once I select one of them, and I need both to appear

#4

I’m also having this problem, with that and similar relationships. It really can’t be broken for genealogical reasons which is what I use it for.

If you need another file to look at let me know. I’m currently running:

Aeon Timeline
Version: 3.4.23
Shell Version: 3.4.23
Opening Mode: about.editor
Operating System: Windows 10
Device Model: B450 AORUS M

#5

Hi @jlkass thanks for your message. This issue has been identified as a bug that will be fixed in the next release, but I’ll let you know if the dev team want to take a look at your file.

In the meantime, something that might help is to open settings and ensure that the box for ‘Always show in inspector’ is checked on each relationship where you want to show the inverse. That way, the fields will always stay visible in the inspector, and you won’t need to use ‘More Realtionships’ to access them.

This image shows how relationships are set up in the Family History template.

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