Augean Window Manager





The Main Menu


The Augean main menu toolbar displaying quick-access buttons for File, GEDCOM, Media, and window controls. This helps genealogists efficiently navigate their genealogy workspace and manage family tree projects.


Open the window manager
Show the tree menu
Show the main menu
Open the tab dialog (add, remove, rename window tabs)
Cascade windows
Save the current project


 Don't use the browser refresh button with Augean.
A page refresh will remove the current windows.


The Window manager

The window manager lists the current active windows.

The Window Manager dialog in Augean listing active open ancestor records, featuring icons to focus, minimize, or close specific panels. This tool helps family historians easily toggle between relatives and declutter their research screen.


Show the window manager
Focus the window (minimizes other windows).
Docks (minimize) a window.
Undocks a docked window.
Brings a window to the front.
Close the window


The Window


An individual record window in Augean displaying a split-screen view of an ancestor's birth details alongside a historical document image. The title bar includes window controls, enabling genealogists to transcribe source images and compare conflicting records side-by-side.


In the titlebar, there are buttons (top left) to manage the window: ( use to see the complete list)

Move window to a different browser tab
Focus window (fade other windows)
End Focus window (unfade other windows)
Focus window (dock other windows)
End Focus window (undock other windows)
Window tools
Minimize window
Close window
Hide content
Show content


Top Tips

 Dock  other windows.  top-right of window  ⟶     Restore the view using 
 Fade  other windows.  top-right of window  ⟶     Restore the view using 
 Hide  window content top-right of window  ⟶     Restore the content using 
If a button opens a window, press Shift + button to focus the new window and fade other windows
Move  the window by dragging on the title bar.
If the title bar is not visible move the window by holding down Shift and dragging on the background.
 Right-click to display the context menu.
Right-click To resize or view an image.
Right-click To change the displayed columns in a table.