Simplify Logos/Verbum with CNTRL-right click Context action documentation

MJ. Smith

Users learn a great deal about the power of Logos/Verbum that is at their fingertips through the right-click Context Menu. Yes, there are some suggestions of additional integration of tools and resources but it is generally a great tool/learning tool/documentation of what is available for each type of data. However, there is another powerful block of functions available in a resource panel (and to a lesser extent any panel) that has no coordinated documentation or presentation of options. I suggest that this be done through a control-right-click context menu. This description is suggestive not comprehensive

First think of the menu as color coding three types of options:

1. Those controlled by the program settings e.g.
- show auto and favorite bookmrks
- show information tool tips
- show search bookmark
- double-click action
- triple-click action
- show selection menu
2. Those controlled by a tool e.g.
- click vs. hover on Information Tool
- shortcut keys on Highlighting
3. Fixed funtions
- Windows defaults e.g. undo
- Logos/Verbum panel functions
-- unit of move
-- history - forward, back
-- parallel and equivalent resources - next, prior
- Logos/Verbum keyboard functions
-- Right click menu
-- F7 compare text
Next, think of the actions as divided into actions of the

-panel heading (actions are constant regardless of cursor position)
-panel contents (actions depend upon cursor position) which include:
--hover
--select
--click
--right-click
--drag-and-drop . . .
For items hovered or selections, there is different behavior if the item is
--plain text
--link
--abbreviation
--subscript . . .
So what would the CNTRL+right click Context Menu do? It would show you, based on your current settings, the options available to you and what they will do.

The purpose:

1. make it easier to discover functions like the F7 key
2. make it easier to discover keyboard shortcuts
3. make it easier to understand the results when they change because of program settings
4. provide a clue that you can customize behavior through settings
5. in short, it exposes the power at your fingertips serving both as training and documentation
I think this could be a major step forward in making more of the program accessible to the beginning and light user ... and even power users would be reminded of features they've forgotten.