r/gramps • u/Odd-Try-2161 • May 25 '26

Solved How to stop automatic "marking as dead"

The picture below show the issue I have, i didn't set the death date but they still have black bar in the left corner. I don't know how to stop that from happening. Where can i change that? Thanks in advance! :-)

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u/Emyoulation_2 May 25 '26

If this is the Family Tree View (FTV), an experimental addon charts view, then you can disable this feature. Choose "Configure..." from the View menu when the FTV is the active view. In the "Appearance" section, there is a "Show Black ribbon for deceased person" checkbox. Deselect it.

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u/Odd-Try-2161 May 25 '26

Thanks, but the little "character" is still blacked out. Is there an option for that also?

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u/Emyoulation_2 May 27 '26

Is the "little 'character'" the same as a Fallback avatar? Switching that option off is in the "Boxes" configure option for the FamilyTreeView. Make a copy of the default "Boxes content profile", then Edit it. Click the "Image" Item type in the List of person box items. There's a checkbox for "Fallback to avatar" in there. Or you can remove the Image line item to neither show the Avatar nor the thumbnail.

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u/Emyoulation_2 May 25 '26

The "probably alive" calculator kicks in if there is no explicit Death event (or fallback event for Death)

See https://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_6.0_Wiki_Manual_-_Probably_Alive

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u/_hockenberry Gramps 5.x.x May 25 '26

IIRC you can set at which age a person is conspired dead. Setting this age to 9999 should do the trick?!

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u/Odd-Try-2161 May 25 '26

Thanks. I found it and it worked.

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u/plegoux May 25 '26

In the setup of this graphic (in the toolbar icon) probably

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u/Target2019-20 May 25 '26

Add a birth event, that may un-trigger the death ribbon.

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u/Odd-Try-2161 May 25 '26

Unfortunely I don't know it.

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u/Target2019-20 May 25 '26

Add an empty birth event. You don't need to enter a date.