How do I get a commentary to follow my position in the text more closely
Hi there
I have a situation where I link a commentary to a bible using a link set. As I move through the text using page up/page down, or by scrolling the text and commentary follow one another. However with larger commentary sets the verse I am looking at in the bible text is often not visible in the commentary.
For instance in the screenshot below I am wanting to see the commentary on verse 21 but this is not visible in the commentary.
Whatever I do I cannot get the commentary to follow my position in the text, I've tried clicking on the verse number, or selecting a word but the linked commentary doesn't move. Am I missing something obvious?
thanks
Paul
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Greetings Paul,
I wonder if the accuracy is affected by the use of multi-column panels?
I find scrolling with such panels virtually uncontrollable.
If however, I type 'John 14:22' into the reference box it the two move together.
In single (or none) column displays the references seem to work as expected*
*I don't think I have the exact commentary you are using so the problem may be within it.
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Thanks for the reply Mike. Just to make sure I understand what you mean, if you wanted to view the comment on verse 28 which is visible in the bible but not visible in the commentary you would either have to 1) scroll to v28 which is a bit hit and miss as you say OR 2) type 14:28 in the search box. Is that right?Greetings Paul,
I wonder if the accuracy is affected by the use of multi-column panels?
I find scrolling with such panels virtually uncontrollable.
If however, I type 'John 14:22' into the reference box it the two move together.
In single (or none) column displays the references seem to work as expected*
*I don't think I have the exact commentary you are using so the problem may be within it.
if you wanted to view the comment on verse 28 which is visible in the bible but not visible in the commentary you would either have to 1) scroll to v28 which is a bit hit and miss as you say OR 2) type 14:28 in the search box. Is that right?
That is what works for me.
I find that scrolling multi-column panels is too inaccurate so always view resources with columns set to 'None'.
With that setting, I find that both the when moving the bible, the commentary stays in sync and when moving the commentary the bible keeps in sync.
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Mike
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Thanks Mike, I am using Windows. What happens when you click on a verse does the reference section change and does the commentary follow this reference?
Paul, what happens if you scroll your Bible text so that verse 21 is physically/positionally at the top of the text display area? If positioning it there doesn't work, try scrolling the text so that the 2nd line of verse 21 is at the top of the page. If that doesn't work, try setting the visual filter for your Bible text to "one verse per line" and making verse 21 the active verse.
Part of the problem may be that the last part of your commentary section is tagged as verses 18-24 and the commentary won't scroll until the top verse of your Bible text is verse 25.
If still no success, try changing the column setting for your Bible text to "None". That should change your Bible text format to a single column. I noticed your Bible text is in a two column format. I have had trouble in the past with linked commentaries when the Bible text is set for more than a single column.
Typing 14:21 into the search box in the bible moves the commentary to 14:21 (it has a specific section on this).
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If still no success, try changing the column setting for your Bible text to "None". That should change your Bible text format to a single column. I noticed your Bible text is in a two column format. I have had trouble in the past with linked commentaries when the Bible text is set for more than a single column.
This doesn't seem to make any difference, it appears that the only way in which a bible can drive the location of a linked commentary is when it is at the top of the screen or by typing in a reference. It doesn't seem possible to advance to a specific verse which is displayed on the screen - unless I'm missing something?
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OK I've done a bit more analysis on this and can report the following:
In both single column and multi column modes when you click on a verse the reference box changes to the reference clicked. However this has no effect on the linked commentary which stubbornly remains on the first verse on the page. This is close to working if the link between the bible and commentary were correctly honoured.
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