There is one rule defined for all nodes in the diagram.
This rule sets the default shape, size, coloring, and label of all
nodes. When you select the node
entry in
the Style Rules, all nodes to which this general rule applies are
selected in the diagram and you can see their properties in the Styling
Customizer, as shown in the following figure.
The nodes in the diagram are represented by symbols.
Note the icon next to the
node
rule;
it indicates that the rule applies to the selected objects. Sometimes
there is more than one icon displayed, see
Rule-select and blue icons.
The most general rule (node
)
applies to all nodes. Other node rules are more specific than this
one.
In Style Rules, you can set a rule on nodes in general
by selecting node.
There can be only one
rule at the top level, that is, one node
rule
and one link
rule. If you try to create
a second node
rule or link
rule,
you are prompted to delete the existing one. You can think of these
general rules as setting default property values for all nodes and
all links.
The data model specified in the XML file contains nodes
and links of the following user-defined types:
person
,
couple
,
couplelink
,
and
childlink
. These types are the top-level
elements in the XML file. You can set a rule on any nonlink top-level
element in the XML file by selecting
node
and
then specifying a valid user-defined type, for example,
node.person
.
See
Customizing genealogy nodes by type to
learn how to apply specific rules to nodes.