How do I see changes made by someone else editing the tree?

Question

If I am editing or just looking at a tree at the same time as someone else on another computer, how do I see the changes they have made? Is there a 'refresh' button? Refreshing the page in the browser forces me to log in again, which does work, but is annoying.

Thanks.

Ian.

Answer 1

At the upper left of the tree window just below the title is a link called "View history."  If you click on it you can see a history of all edits to the tree (including guests with edit access).

Comments

Hi Dan. Thank you for replying to my question but unfortunately I was not clear enough. My question was: if someone else makes a change to the tree from another computer while I am looking at the tree on my computer, the tree I can see does not change automatically. How do I make it show the change made by the other person?

Thanks.

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Sorry.  There is no auto refresh or live update feature.  You'll just have to live with your browser's refresh.

BTW, I don't have to re sign-in from a refresh (unless I've been inactive for a long time).  I use Firefox.

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Hi Dan. Thanks for your quick reply. I understand the situation now, which is good. In fact, the refresh thing does not always manifest, so maybe it is a time-out.

Thanks again.