Bug in Power Lookup from the Context Menu?

I'm just learning about the Power Lookup, so this may or may not be a bug.

I was reading Ten Ways to Improve Your Bible Study with Digital Tools and in chapter 6, the author (Mark Ward) explains that an easy way to look up Bible verses (and footnotes, I've learned!) is to select a paragraph in a book/resource, right-click and select Power Lookup from the Context Menu.

When I do that, it opens the Power Lookup tool/window and lists the resource at the top but does NOT populate the window with any references. The only way it actually populates is when I reposition what I'm reading such that Power Lookup follows.

On the other hand, while reading a resource, if I manually open Power Lookup from the Tools or a link to it, then it opens already "following" (the window has the corresponding references populated from the "get-go").

Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong? Or, is this just the way it works? (Minor, I know, but I'm still curious about it.)

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Graham Criddle

the author (Mark Ward) explains that an easy way to look up Bible verses (and footnotes, I've learned!) is to select a paragraph in a book/resource, right-click and select Power Lookup from the Context Menu.

I don't think Ward says exactly that - the book has:

'All you have to do is select a paragraph, click “Power Lookup,” and all the Scripture references get called up in a panel on the side'

Mark Ward, Ten Ways to Improve Your Bible Study with Digital Tools (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2017), 7.

So he may have been assuming that someone would go into the Tools Menu and click Power Lookup.

Having said that, I agree that clicking Power Lookup from the Context Menu doesn't do anything which does seem like a bug.

Dave Hooton

When I do that, it opens the Power Lookup tool/window and lists the resource at the top but does NOT populate the window with any references.

When used from the Context Menu, the result depends on what 'tab' is selected on the left side e.g. Selection or Reference. If Selection, it will try a lookup on the actual text; which is not what you want. If Reference, it will ignore what you selected and perform a lookup on the text covered by the reference (which is a milestone) e.g. in a commentary. It is not a bug, just confusing.

On the other hand, while reading a resource, if I manually open Power Lookup from the Tools or a link to it, then it opens already "following" (the window has the corresponding references populated from the "get-go").

This is the best way to use Power Lookup i.e. with Link set: Follow. Thereafter, you can select a paragraph to limit the output

Sharon Hillam

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1167942#Comment_1167942

So he may have been assuming that someone would go into the Tools Menu and click Power Lookup.

Having said that, I agree that clicking Power Lookup from the Context Menu doesn't do anything which does seem like a bug.

It's also possible that Logos worked a bit differently in 2017 when he wrote the book? But you're right, he never said right-click. I assumed that based on him saying to select a paragraph then click "Power Lookup." It seemed obvious. Isn't it funny how we can read meaning into statements that, at the time, seem clearly stated? How much more can we miss the meaning of a biblical text? But I digress...

I think Dave may have the answers. See his reply.

Sharon Hillam

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1167948#Comment_1167948

When used from the Context Menu, the result depends on what 'tab' is selected on the left side

the best way to use Power Lookup i.e. with Link set: Follow. Thereafter, you can select a paragraph to limit the output

Thanks, Dave! You're always Johnny on the spot! LOL!