search and hover highlight are both yellow

Kristin · 2025-03-13T18:25:45+00:00

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I am not sure what it is officially called, so for this post I will clarify that by "search highlight" I mean the words which Logos is auto coloring indicating that a word was searched for, and "hover highlight" to mean just where my mouse is randomly hovering and temporarily highlighting the corresponding words where my mouse is sitting.

Ok, with that as a preface, my goal is that the hover highlight is different from the search highlight. I frequently search for words, and I appreciate that the program automatically does this search highlight. However, when I am jumping back and forth between multiple texts (the Greek and ESV in this example), I often hover over a random word in order to quickly find my place in the other text.

However, this is ALL yellow. So if I hover over a word, it just looks like one of the searched words. I am hoping that the hover highlight can be different from the search highlight.

Further, Logos is sometimes continuing to highlight words I previously searched for, which is getting mixed up in the actual search results, and it is also yellow.

I was informed that it should not all be yellow, and also, searching a lemma and root are apparently different colors. So I tested with a root search, and it is also yellow.

I will attach a screenshot, but to summarize, my ultimate goal is that the hover color is not the same as the search color.

Thank you for any clarity anyone is able to provide.

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Aaron Hamilton

@Kristin Click the arrow to the left of Corresponding words to see the same options as Graham.

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Graham Criddle

The key question here is what settings do you have for the Corresponding words filter

If you just have it set to Same word you will just get yellow highlights all around - if you include other options you will get different colours.

Kristin

Hi @Graham Criddle,

I have a different list than you, since the ESV is on the left I think. So on the Greek text I clicked to search for the lemma, which it did, I guess, but the ESV is still on the left and I can't get it to flip. So I think that is why my options are different, I think, but here is a screenshot.

Also, to try to force the Greek to be on the right I tried opening a new tab, but all the texts to open seem to be an a random order. Is it possible to re-order the books which appear first when I click a new tab?

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Aaron Hamilton

@Kristin Click the arrow to the left of Corresponding words to see the same options as Graham.

Kristin

@Kristin Click the arrow to the left of Corresponding wordsto see the same options as Graham.

haha, thank you. :D I am seriously not sure how I missed that little carrot! I just changed what is clicked and now I am getting other colors than yellow. :) Thank you.

Aaron Hamilton

Also, to try to force the Greek to be on the right I tried opening a new tab, but all the texts to open seem to be an a random order. Is it possible to re-order the books which appear first when I click a new tab?

If I am understanding you correctly, you are having difficulty figuring out how Multiple book view works. Is this correct? Note that the resource farthest to the left is the leading resource. The resources to the right will follow. Numerous resources can be included in the multiple book view to the right of the leading resource that can then be organized via drag and drop in the multiple book dropdown menu. To change the leading resource, you can open up the book you want to be the leading resource from the library and toggle multiple book view on from that resource's toolbar.

Kristin

If I am understanding you correctly, you are having difficulty figuring out how Multiple book view works. Is this correct? Note that the resource farthest to the left is the leading resource. The resources to the right will follow. Numerous resources can be included in the multiple book view to the right of the leading resource that can then be organized via drag and drop in the multiple book dropdown menu.

Hi @Aaron Hamilton, I think that is my difficulty. I think the best way to describe this might be to explain how it is in Accordance. In Accordance, if I have the ESV on the left, and the Greek on the right, the ESV is the focus text, what I think you are calling "leading." However, if I select a random Greek word and click to search the lexeme, the random Greek word will open in a new tab, and now it is leading in that new tab on the left. I can then add the ESV to the right. If I go back to the first tab and select a new Greek word and search the lex, it will update the second tab. (I can also lock the second tab and then it will open in a third tab with the Greek leading, since it was the text searched.

In Logos, by contrast, if I have the ESV on the left and the Greek on the right and I search for a random lemma, it does the search, but the ESV is still on the right and the Greek is on the left, even though the Greek was the last thing searched. So it appears that searching for a word in Greek will not make the Greek text "lead," and the only way to do this is to actively open a new tab with the Greek. Is this correct?

To change the leading resource, you can open up the book you want to be the leading resource from the library and toggle multiple book view on from that resource's toolbar.

Since searching for a Greek word doesn't cause the Greek text to lead, I tried opening a new tab, but there are a couple issues.

1) It is eternally searching Lk 1:5. I can understand that might have been a search, but can I search books which do not include Lk 1:5 when I open a new tab?

2) The list to the right seems sort of random. Is there a way to organize it to have frequently used books at the top?

3) Likewise, the list to the left is also sort of random, and I am not even sure what some of it is. Ideally when I open a new tab the ESV, Greek, Hebrew, and whatever I opened most recently would be the stuff that appear on this list first. As it is, I need to always open the library to find the Greek, even though it is open.

I can attach a screenshot to try to clarify what I am seeing.

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Aaron Hamilton

In my view, this is a scenario where comparing the way Logos handles multiple book view with the way Accordance handles multiple book view is not going to do you any favors. It is correct that in Logos, performing a search will not switch the leading book. You have to switch to or open the book specifically.

I would recommend ignoring the information on the new tab screen entirely. It's usually not particularly helpful, at least for my purposes. Ideas have been suggested for how to make this space more useful, but I doubt they're at the top of the priority list.

Ideally when I open a new tab the ESV, Greek, Hebrew, and whatever I opened most recently would be the stuff that appear on this list first. As it is, I need to always open the library to find the Greek, even though it is open.

You may enjoy setting up and organizing your favorites tool. Go to Tools → Favorites. You could drag it to the left toolbar as a shortcut for easy access. Here you can create folders for your most frequently used resources that would provide quicker access in the future.

Kristin

Hi @Aaron Hamilton,

Thanks for clarifying, and if I am understanding correctly, the best way to get the Greek to the left is either to open it from the Library, or open it from a shortcut (as opposed to searching for a lemma). However, if I do search for a lemma from the Greek on the right, it doesn't matter if the Greek is on the right or not, as what is being searched is still the Greek. Is this correct?

You may enjoy setting up and organizing your favorites tool. Go to Tools → Favorites You could drag it to the left toolbar as a shortcut for easy access. Here you can create folders for your most frequently used resources that would provide quicker access in the future.

Thank you for this idea! I feel ridiculous admitting this, but could you clarify how to add something as a favorite? I found the Favorites in Tools and put it on the side, but I can't see the star thing how to add things to it. Also, the favorite section has this "Application" folder and if I open it it has a Quick Link over and over of the same verses in the ESV. I assume I must have accidentally created these when I first got Logos, but since I am not sure what this is, is this all safe to delete?

Graham Criddle

but could you clarify how to add something as a favorite?

Does the information here help with that?

Aaron Hamilton

is this all safe to delete?

Yes. Check out the link that Graham shared and let me know if you have any remaining questions.

if I am understanding correctly, the best way to get the Greek to the left is either to open it from the Library, or open it from a shortcut (as opposed to searching for a lemma). However, if I do search for a lemma from the Greek on the right, it doesn't matter if the Greek is on the right or not, as what is being searched is still the Greek. Is this correct?

You can read about Multiple books view here. Or you can watch a short video here. The main difference you will notice is that the leading book (on the left) forces all the other books (or search results from an inline search) on the right to scroll with it. However, one can freely scroll through the books/results on the right without affecting the position of the leading book.

Kristin

Does the information here help with that?

Hi @Graham Criddle, yes, thank you. :)

is this all safe to delete?
Yes. Check out the link that Graham shared and let me know if you have any remaining questions.

Hi @Aaron Hamilton , thank you. :) I just wound up deleting all those random quick links, but then I tried to delete the entire "Application —> Quick link" folder in my Favorites and it didn't let me, which I appreciate. I had asked if was safe to delete since I had a bad experience with that once. When I was something like 18 I had some random Windows computer and found all these files which I didn't recognize, so I did a select all, delete, and then after that the computer stopped working normally. So now I am gun shy to delete things if I don't know what they are. :)

You can read about Multiple books view here. Or you can watch a short video here. The main difference you will notice is that the leading book (on the left) forces all the other books (or search results from an inline search) on the right to scroll with it. However, one can freely scroll through the books/results on the right without affecting the position of the leading book.

Ok, thank you, and I appreciated the video. It appears that I can search the lemma from the Greek or Hebrew on the right or left, but if I want to actually type a word, the language I want to type in has to be on the left. So I created shortcuts of the Greek, Hebrew, and English on the left, so I can quickly click on whatever language I am trying to type in.

Thank you again.

Graham Criddle

if I want to actually type a word, the language I want to type in has to be on the left

I'm not quite following what you are describing but are you aware there is a keyboard language selector in the inline search box?

Aaron Hamilton

@Kristin In addition to organizing your favorites tool, you may enjoy more heavily utilizing collections. You could, for example, make a collection of the Bibles you use most often for research. There is an option when you are creating a collection that allows you to "Show in parallel books". With this option enabled, you will be able to quickly jump between the books in that collection through the parallel books button on the toolbar. Perhaps this would be the easiest way to change the leading book on the left while in multiple books view.

Kristin

Hi @Graham Criddle and @Aaron Hamilton,

Thank you both, and ya, I totally forgot about that little keyboard symbol. :) That is a great idea about the collections, and I will for sure try to organize them.

At the moment I am sort of panicking about a lexeme / lemma issue, which I think I will respond to on the Strongs / LN thread, as I "think" it is part of that.

Thank you again.