Finally... a clean, simple, customizable, one-click toolbar
This toolbar exits OUTSIDE of Logos desktop app on your tablet or smartphone using Stream Deck Mobile. You connect the Stream Deck app on your device to your computer to give you push-button control inside the Logos desktop. You must also install the Stream Deck software on your computer.
I'm still working with setting everything up to overcome the new subscriber toolbar, but here's a screenshot of my initial one-click toolbar. Push a button to carry out the keyboard shortcut or command. No more trying to remember keyboard shortcuts or navigating with a mouse through multiple layers of menu items.
First Row:
1 - Toggles dark/light mode (F4)
2 - Toggles book contents (⇧⌘C)
3 - Opens the library (⌘L)
4 - Opens Factbook (https://ref.ly/logos4/Factbook)
5 - Opens Bible Word Study panel (https://ref.ly/logos4/Guide?t=My+Bible+Word+Study)
6 - Opens the Copy Bible Verses panel (https://ref.ly/logos4/CopyBibleVerses)
7 - Updates active layout (⌃⌥⌘L)
8 - Copies link from active panel into active Obsidian note (multi-step command using Keyboard Maestro)
Second Row:
1 - Copies link of current panel to clipboard (⌥⌘C)
2 - Toggles parallel resources (aka multiple book view) (⇧⌘M)
3 - Toggles reverse interlinear (⇧⌘R)
4 - Duplicate & float active window (⇧⌘N followed by ⌥⌘F)
5 - Opens inline search (⇧⌘F)
6 - Opens Passage Guide tool (https://ref.ly/logos4/Guide?t=My+Passage+Guide)
7 - Decreases font size of active panel (⇧⌘-)
8 - Increases font size of active panel (⇧⌘=)
You can customize the buttons & positions as much as you wish using the available Logos keyboard shortcuts or URL's without having to remember them.
As Nick Mueller from Logos pointed out: "we have some work to do internally to improve our ability to add and reliably keep track of keyboard shortcuts." Link: https://community.logos.com/forums/p/224537/1321675.aspx#1321675
Keyboard shortcuts that I would like to see Logos implement:
- Toggle subscriber toolbar & simple toolbar
- Hide/show subscriber toolbar (minimize the second line)
- Toggle page numbers (currently requires clicking formatting... markers... show markers... page numbers)
- Open and/or change layouts
- Assign to link set
- Send hyperlinks here
- Synchronize now
- Change program scaling (even better: saved settings based on which monitor I'm connected to)
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
Some of those may already have shortcuts, but I don't know them.
The free version of Stream Deck Mobile gives you 6 buttons to customize however you want. However, for more buttons yet another subscription is required or a hardware Stream Deck is available.
I know some like the new toolbar so they may not see this need. Having used the subscriber toolbar through the beta period before release, I'm still not a fan. At least this gives some semblance of a customizable and functional toolbar.