Can't change default note indicator color

I have redirected a highlighter shortcut to a particular note file by creating a new Palette in the Highlighter tool and redirecting all highlights to a particular note file.

I also want to change the color of the note indicator icon.

I am following these instructions to change the note indicator color.

Changing: Note Indicator or Highlighting

Clicking on the Note Indicator icon beside your individual note allows you to change the Note Indicator.

What is displayed in the drop down selector depends on which type of note you created:
- Notes created using the Reference or Headword will only show the Note Indicator selections.
- Notes created using the Selection or Redirect will show you the Note Indicator selections as well as the Highlighting selections.
The default Note Indicator is the Yellow box (as it was in ver 4.3 and older).
- The default Note Indicator when using the Redirect method is None (box with red diagonal line).
The default Highlighter style is Highlight with note color (as it was in ver 4.3 and older). This applies to notes created using Selection.
You can click on the link Use this style by default at the bottom of the drop down selector to have Logos remember what you want to use.

Logos will apply this Note Indicator to any new individual note added to any Note File.

I don't experience the last bullet point. After following the instructions, when I add a new note by pressing the shortcut key to highlight the text, I do see the reference appear in my note file, I get the desired highlighted text, but I do not see a note icon in the text. In the note file, I get the entry, but the note icon I get is 'none'.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for the help.

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Graham Criddle

Hi Tim - and welcome to the forums

What am I doing wrong?

You're not doing anything wrong and the results you are getting are expected - but I can see how it is confusing.

The instructions are really speaking about what happens when you create a note (by selecting some text or choosing a passage). In those cases you get a note indicator which is the thing which is changed by the "use this style by default" link.

When you just create a highlight (which is a special type of note) you don't get the note indicator and hence it appears as "none".

If you want a note icon you need to create a note explicitly, you can't just use highlight shortcuts

Hope that makes sense, Graham

Tim Hillebrand

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/693542#Comment_693542

Thank you for responding. Ultimately, I'm looking for a quicker way to add a note to a particular file without having first to use the file menu to open the desired note file - then right-clicking to add my note to the desired file.

Any other suggestions than the path I'm currently on? What I was hoping for from the path I'm on is a resulting note icon that I could then click and add my note into.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/693551#Comment_693551

I don't know the answer (I'd like to know too!), but is this an L6 question or another version? There are specific forums for various topics. Since this is related to the desktop app, this thread will likely be moved to the appropriate forum.

Tim Hillebrand

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/693561#Comment_693561

I am in Logos 6.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/693551#Comment_693551

Thank you for responding. Ultimately, I'm looking for a quicker way to add a note to a particular file without having first to use the file menu to open the desired note file - then right-clicking to add my note to the desired file.

Any other suggestions than the path I'm currently on? What I was hoping for from the path I'm on is a resulting note icon that I could then click and add my note into.

Thanks for the clarification of what you are trying to achieve.

How about this?

Create the highlight as you were doing - which will create it in the specified notes document
Right-click on the highlight and select "Open Annotation" from the left of the menu - this will open the notes document at the place associated with the highlight
You will see a blank note icon indicator - which you can click and change as required
You can also type your text into the "Content" field

This should end up with a note in your specific notes document with an icon of your choice.

Does this make sense? Does it give you what you are looking for?

Tim Hillebrand

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/693610#Comment_693610

YEP! That will do just fine. Thank you very much - I am smiling. I've been wanting something like this for quite a while. So clumsy opening up the specific note file first, and then adding the note. GREAT!