MultiView Series support super welcome!...but....

I HIGHLY applaud the added support for selecting series in Multiview. The window title bar, however, needs some rethinking. See the screenshot... It would be better if in this case the title bar would read: "Title | Series A | Series B"

Another thing that really should be considered is that if the guest resources are supported as series, shouldn't the host be supported as a series as well? It doesn't make a difference if one has a Bible as the host, but taking the above example (which is what I usually prefer doing) I would like to simply have "Title Series A | Series B | Series C" or for this example specifically...."NICOT | NIVAC | NAC".

As in the library prioritization screen, I'd like to see Series abbreviations bolded.

A further development of this schema would be to have a subscript numeral following the abbreviation which would indicate the number of volumes selected. This numeral would function as a dropdown where volumes from the series could be checked or unchecked for inclusion in that Multiview instance.

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Philana R. Crouch

I HIGHLY applaud the added support for selecting series in Multiview. The window title bar, however, needs some rethinking. See the screenshot... It would be better if in this case the title bar would read: "Title | Series A | Series B"

I can certainly suggest that the series abbreviations be displayed, however when you select individual resources instead of a series it displays each volume.

Another thing that really should be considered is that if the guest resources are supported as series, shouldn't the host be supported as a series as well? It doesn't make a difference if one has a Bible as the host, but taking the above example (which is what I usually prefer doing) I would like to simply have "Title Series A | Series B | Series C" or for this example specifically...."NICOT | NIVAC | NAC".

If you change the passage in a Bible that is linked or in the commentary set itself as long as the host book has a volume covering that book of the Bible it should change. If your library does not contain a volume on a particular book of the Bible for that host series it won't change.

A further development of this schema would be to have a subscript numeral following the abbreviation which would indicate the number of volumes selected. This numeral would function as a dropdown where volumes from the series could be checked or unchecked for inclusion in that Multiview instance.

Currently you can choose specific volumes or a series but not both? Are you asking for that option? Where are you wanting the drop down menu for these numbers? I just want to make sure I include that in the suggestion. Was your thought to have it display where the red arrow or aqua arrow?

Reuben Helmuth

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/829388#Comment_829388

Philana,

Thanks for your response, and sorry for the delay...

Another thing that really should be considered is that if the guest resources are supported as series, shouldn't the host be supported as a series as well? It doesn't make a difference if one has a Bible as the host, but taking the above example (which is what I usually prefer doing) I would like to simply have "Title Series A | Series B | Series C" or for this example specifically...."NICOT | NIVAC | NAC".

If you change the passage in a Bible that is linked or in the commentary set itself as long as the host book has a volume covering that book of the Bible it should change. If your library does not contain a volume on a particular book of the Bible for that host series it won't change.

Unfortunately this doesn't work when clicking a commentary link from the Passage Guide. Because of the "weight" of my layout, the lag in updating the reference when scrolling, and other factors (like verse ranges preceding individual verses in a commentary) I find it impractical to rely on a link set. I therefore have most of my resource on the main window, including my guides, on link set A, then a floating window with commentaries on a different link set. I then use the (linked) PG to simultaneously jump to my floating window AND update the reference.

Currently you can choose specific volumes or a series but not both? Are you asking for that option?

Yes, please!

Where are you wanting the drop down menu for these numbers? I just want to make sure I include that in the suggestion. Was your thought to have it display where the red arrow or aqua arrow?

It would be nicest if the collapse/expand arrows were still present when in the selected list. The checkmark would change to a dash when only a subset was selected (standard OS system behavior). A nuance about this, is that one could either select the entire series, the Deselect the volumes not wanted, OR select a number of volumes from a series and they would automatically form a collapsed group with a dash in the box. As for the number placement and behavior, I think it would be the most intuitive if they occurred where you are indicating by the arrows. Then number should be something like "14/35" or "14 of 35" where 14 is the number of volumes selected and 35 is the number of volumes IN MY LIBRARY.

Thanks for listening and considering!