Adding and Editing Events

Add custom timeline events to chart any type of historical information

Adding New Events

To add a new event to your timeline, click the Add Event toolbar item, or use the Command-E shortcut. By default, the new event is added at the current date and time, but there is a setting in the Preference menu which allows you to add new events to the middle or end of you timelines if you prefer.

Editing Event Data

To display the event edit form, double click an event or select an event and choose the Edit menu item. To close the event edit form, click anywhere on the timeline chart outside of the form.

Event Editor

Use the text fields in the event edit form to edit the Event Label, Date Range, Notes, and Link for an event.

The Event Label is designed to have automatic line wrapping based on the font style chosen for the chart. For best results, enter the label on one line. However, if you require a specific line break in the Event Label, use control-return to add one.

Dates should be entered in a format that matches the one selected in the Dates tab of the settings menu. For more information on entering dates please see About Date Formats.

An event link can either be a path to a local file or a URL of a website. For more information on event links see Using Event Links.

Configuring Event Display

Besides editing the data contained by each event, there are a number of options you can use to control the display settings of an event. These include:

  • Event Text Color
  • Event Descender
  • Image Size
  • Date Formats

For more information on visual settings, see About Color and Fonts.

Tips

  • To select multiple events you can drag a box around them, shift-click to select a range, command-click to select discontinuous events, or choose Select All (Command-A).

  • Event data can only be modified for one event at a time, but event display settings can be edited for multiple events simultaneously.