Making 2 periods in one and only line

Q & A
#1

Hello From France.

I am an Aeon Timeline user since maybe a year now and I have a question, but here is my use of the timeline to make it easyer to understand :
I am a Guitar collector, and I use it as a sort of “possession timeline” so, I create an “item” and insert the date I have bought a specific guitar ans a second date when I sold it, (otherwise, I check the “ongoing” option, and it fits perfectly my needs).

But

Now I want to insert the manufacture date of each instrument, so in a perfect world, I wished to have a single line, with, in the right order :
manufacture date / purchase date / selling date (or ongoing, if I have not sold the guitar).

I have tried many ways to do so, but at best, I have two periods, but I cannot put these on THE SAME LINE.

is there only a way to do so ?

(If it’s not clear, don’t hesitate to ask me)

thanks in advance for any help or explanations.

#2

Unfortunately no, there isn’t a way to add a third date to an item on the timeline. We have had requests before for the ability to add a ‘date’ property to be able to add more dates rather than just start/end, which sounds like it may be what you are after, so it is something we have on our feature request list to possibly look at in the future.

#3

Recently, there was an issue raised that, in my opinion, is related to your problem. Maybe you can adapt the solution?
See: Can I display selected events, or children of an event , on one horizontal line?
You would have to create two events, but they actually can be displayed on one line.