Single, Double and Triple Click Problems

Thanks.  What then would be the advantage to set Prefer Lemma to yes?

Prefer Lemma only applies to the Lookup function, which only works with either double- or triple-clicking. So the benefit of Prefer Lemma is if you want to look up the Greek or Hebrew word on double or triple-click instead of looking up the surface word.

So can I do this without switching the prefered lemma to no.

1. Single Click- link to lemma (jump to BDAG definition) So I have set in program setting (Prefer Lemma to Yes)  No problem so far.

2. Double Click in my Bible to get English Definition of my word- So I set in program setting (Lookup)  I have my English Dictionary prioritized in my library over my Lexicon.  When I double click I still get the lexicon.  If I turn of the setting feature (Prefer Lemma to Yes) I lose the single click function. 

3. Triple Click- set to Search inline

4. Single click to search lemma- if my prefered lemma setting is no I can only search single clicking in the English.  If my preferred lemma is yes then I can't do #2 double click to look up an English definition. 

It seems I can do three of the 4 but not all 4 without switching the preferred lemma to Yes and then I cannot double click to my English dictionary.   I want to leave the setting alone without switching back and forth.  Can you confirm? 

Your #2 and #3 will always be in conflict because they both rely on the Prefer Lemma Yes/No setting. Right now, you're already searching the lemma in #3, you're just doing an inline search instead of opening a separate search window. So your #4 is redundant.

Single-clicking doesn't search anything. The only way you can do a search or lookup by single-clicking is to link panels as I mentioned. 

But your issue is that you're trying to look up an English word in #2 and do an inline search on a lemma in #3 and that is not possible. You can either do an English word for both or a Lemma for both. In other words, your Prefer Lemma setting will impact both #2 and #3. If, however, you are trying to search inline for an English word on triple-click, and you're trying to look up an English word on double click, you need to set Prefer Lemma to No. Period, no way around it.

You will never be able to look up a Lemma on single-click by itself. The program just doesn't work that way. The only way you can look up the BDAG definition or search a lemma on single-click is if you link panels with the lexicon and search window respectively. The problem is, once you link with a search panel, your Prefer Lemma setting will determine whether you search the English word or the Greek word. However, if you link to the BDAG, you will still be looking up the Greek word on single-click.

So you can't really do what you want to do here.

My suggestion is:

1. Set Prefer Lemma to No.

2. Set double-click to Lookup (looks up English word)

3. Set triple-click to Search Inline (searches English word)

4. Open the Information Tool and add it to your layout. Set it to update on click instead of hover. This allows you to see all the word info on single-click, including the BDAG gloss. You can open the BDAG from there (Definition section), open a Bible Word Study guide from there (Word Info section, click on the lemma), and see the Louw-Nida and Bible Sense Lexicon information. If you want a bunch of at-a-glance information on a Lemma by single-clicking, the Informational Tool is the way to go.