What shortcuts are in your shortcuts bar? Do you use them?
My Shortcuts (right now) are:
There is now a dedicated "close all windows" button on L8, so you can remove that shortcut if you want to free up some space for other shortcuts.
It is the button right next to the layout button:
My shortcut bar:
Prog settings
Highlight
ESV
CSB
FL Study Bible
ESV Study BIble
Apologetics Study Bible
NET Bible
Favorites
Lexham Textual Notes on the Bible
Lexham Theological Wordbook
NA28
High Definition OT
COED
Collins Latin Dictionary
Metzger's Textual Commentary on GNT
Thanks for Sharing! It's always inspirational seeing what others have done.
You don't want one like mine. It is so long that on my laptop computer, I can't even get a screenshot of it all.
Mine are basically my frequently used resources and tools. Several of which are different combinations of Bibles that I need to use frequently. (When I'm preaching, I like to consult the four versions most frequently used in my church, but different combinations of those Bibles is often useful.) So, from left-to-right:
On the left the are some dictionaries, then Bibles (Finnish, English, original languages)
Capital omega is for CNTTS because it i not always visible in the passage study layout.
The flags are with the Lexham syntactic NT, also because the sentence analysis is not alvways visible in the passage study layout.
Atlases, study Bibles.
Four book-like shortcuts are for layouts: orange for pictures from books, I change the pictures perhaps every other day (after Logos 8 home screen lost a similar feature). Green for reading lectionaries, prayer/devotion, and the book under study/read. Red and blue are OT and NT original language daily study layouts.
Yes, organization is lacking and many of the links show where I think Logos is lacking ...but I have a rather different approach than most who have responded.
I should add FSD to mine!
Close all windows
If you have Logos 8 you don’t need “close all windows” anymore. It comes included in the software and it shows every time panels are opened 👍😁👌
So you can erase it and add another favorite tool or resource if you want.
DAL
The examples above show why we need to be able to stack shortcuts in Folders--like shortcuts in Chrome.Imagine being able to open a folder full of shortcuts! That would be so awesome.
The examples above show why we need to be able to stack shortcuts in Folders--like shortcuts in Chrom
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The one I use by far the most is the text comparison tool - I love having one click access to see a verse in all my Bible versions.
I also use the search shortcut frequently (to find a highlight style I use for bookmarks).
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It would be nice to have folders with the ability to right click for a context menu that allows us to "open all". Folders would allow organization of related resources to make better use of the limited space in the shortcut bar. I'd like a folder for "favorite Bibles", "favorite dictionaries", etc.
Did you know about pressing F7 when you're hovering over a verse? That might be even better for you!
The one I use by far the most is the text comparison tool - I love having one click access to see a verse in all my Bible versions. Did you know about pressing F7 when you're hovering over a verse? That might be even better for you!
No, I didn't - thanks! That gives me something slightly different: it shows the verse in my top 5 bibles and it can also show more than one verse at a time - very handy. I will enjoy using that too. [:)]
The examples above show why we need to be able to stack shortcuts in Folders--like shortcuts in Chrome.Imagine being able to open a folder full of shortcuts! That would be so awesome. x2 It would be nice to have folders with the ability to right click for a context menu that allows us to "open all". Folders would allow organization of related resources to make better use of the limited space in the shortcut bar. I'd like a folder for "favorite Bibles", "favorite dictionaries", etc.
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If you are on Windows, there is a slick solution outside of Logos. WinStep Nexus has docks which can have subdocks, It also has tabbed shelves if you prefer. There's quite a lot of ways to organize your shortcuts. From Logos get the L4 shortcut for whatever tool, resource, doc you want to access. Edit the shortcut to remove or change the reference or options. Make the link and organize however you like. You can also assign shortcut keys to show/hide the shelves or to each of your links so that you can add shortcut keys to whatever tools Logos doesn't already provide shortcut keys to.
There are some demos on Youtube that demo it, like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTlF8m32w6U
Some functionality like multiple docks and shelves are unlocked by purchase, $30USD. Very much worth it. It's also very themeable. Most of the demos have pretty wild themes. You can opt for a more toned down theme if that's your preference. Great tool.
What'sin your shortcuts bar?
I can tell you what's NOT in my shortcuts bar...ENOUGH SPACE TO MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL!
I've fussed about this for years...including putting up a UserVoice request. This is one thing that would make the software so much more customizable, but almost nothing has been done with it in at least 10 years.
Frustrating!
Here is what is in my SC bar-
As you can see, the icon set is insufficient and is not customizable (I made a UserVoice item for that, too, but it was also ignored), and the allotted space is insufficient and encroached upon by the popup tools.
Too bad. It could be so much more.
