One-way linking between Bible and commentaries

Bruce Fraser
Bruce Fraser Member Posts: 109 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Here's the situation: Let's say I'm studying the Beatitudes in Matthew 5. I have a group of Bibles open in one panel, all of them linked to "A." Then in another panel I have a group of commentaries, all of them also linked to "A." Therefore, when I move through Matthew 5, all the other Bibles and commentaries stay open to the relevant passage. I think this is the setup which Logos and Morris Proctor proudly laud with such enthusiasm.

The problem comes when I "page down" in the commentary I'm reading, only to find that I was at the end of that section, and the next paragraph in the commentary skips to the next chapter or even some obscure item in a sidebar. All the Bibles and other commentaries dutifully follow to the new Bible passage referenced in that commentary. In the absence of a "Go back" button (similar to most internet browsers), I have to retype "Matt 5" in the address field, and then remember exactly where I was in Matthew 5 so that all the commentaries go back to where I was last reading them.

SIMPLE SOLUTION: Make possible "one-way" linking. The commentaries would follow the Bibles, but not the other way around.

OTHER SOLUTIONS: However, I suspect many others have been frustrated by this situation, and have figured out various ways of getting around it. Please share your solutions.

If this has already been covered in another thread (I did search before posting), please tell me that, too.

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  • Mike W
    Mike W Member Posts: 277 ✭✭

    Bruce Fraser said:

    SIMPLE SOLUTION: Make possible "one-way" linking. The commentaries would follow the Bibles, but not the other way around.

     

    Search for one way linking without the hyphen. User voice has a request for Pinned resources however it currently only has 7 votes. 

  • fgh
    fgh Member Posts: 8,948 ✭✭✭

    Bruce Fraser said:

    In the absence of a "Go back" button

    Some alternatives for now (all of which have disadvantages):

    1. image
    2. Tools > History.
    3. Put a Bookmark in the Bible before you move over to the commentaries.
    4. Unlink the commentary if you start reading away in it.

    (Yes, there are several older threads, but I'm too lazy to look for them.)

    Mac Pro (late 2013) OS 12.6.2

  • Jack Hairston
    Jack Hairston Member Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭

    Bruce, here are two ways to handle the situation you describe, where you want to scroll a commentary and NOT have all the other resources follow:


    • Unlink the scrolled commentary (Link is no longer "A"), or
    • Save a Layout at the point where you want to return. Then everything comes back to the starting point (Bibles, commentaries, searches...)

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