Probably not a Bug: Super-Speed Highlighting on a Mac M1

I guess because I've seen this spectacle, on other apps thru the years.

When you're highlighting (old days, a mouse, now a touchpad), not being careful (historically), the highlighting can go either back or forward pages and pages. Whoosh!

But, Logos, at least on the Mac version (latest, aka Verbum), can highlight a 'book' going backwards. But can't go forward; not even a 'page' (scrolling, not paging).

Not important for me ... mainly accidental. I do remember the years and years on the mobile, of people wanting to highlight across pages. Interesting the Mac Logos desktop can't going forward ... at least on mine.

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Mike Binks

When you're highlighting (old days, a mouse, now a touchpad), not being careful (historically), the highlighting can go either back or forward pages and pages. Whoosh!

You are correct D this is super failing that has been about too long.

I have learned never to try highlighting from the end of a line to the beginning. Especially in Proclaim, where it seems particularly aggressive.

I either

start the drag at the beginning of a line and drag to the end

highlight one word and move to the end of the section I wish to highlight (forwards or backwards) hold Shift and then click at the appropriate point.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243711#Comment_1243711

Yep ... probably right ... don't highlight backwards (or stomp on the highlighter brakes as quick as possible).

Regarding Logos/Mac's inability to highlight scrolling forward at all, I tried Accordance. It doesn't seem to suffer from the super-backward highlighting.

But on the other hand, Accordance can't seem to highlight forward (scrolling), unless you scroll backwards first. Maybe that's to prevent super-forward highlighting. Luckily both don't design cars.

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243717#Comment_1243717

Regarding Logos/Mac's inability to highlight scrolling forward at all,

Have I understood the question?

Is this your experience?

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243799#Comment_1243799

Not sure what your screen capture is showing?

I'm only saying, in scroll-mode, the active highlighting stops at the displayed bottom. Can't scroll further as you highlight. Just the opposite going up ... scrolls and out of control.

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243806#Comment_1243806

Not sure what your screen capture is showing?

Not sure why it is so long... but it shows a click, scroll, shift-click highlight. It is not a click and drag highlight, which is what I assume you are doing.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243808#Comment_1243808

Thanks, JT.

I probably prohibit and can't watch. True, I'm drag-highlighting.

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243808#Comment_1243808

Not sure why it is so long... but it shows a click, scroll, shift-click highlight.

The reason that it is so long. - 45seconds - is that I am incompetent at using the screen capture setting. :-(

It shows

1. Drag highlighting past the bottom edge of the screen.

2. Highlight one word move to a new position past the bottom of the screen and shift click.

Both methods are working here.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243892#Comment_1243892

1. Drag highlighting past the bottom edge of the scree

Appreciate it, Mike.

#1 doesn't work for me. It's probably because I have the same software/version as you. That could be it. Or the same computer/version. Probably more likely.

But most likely; my Mac doesn't watch videos from Safari. That's the key!

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243903#Comment_1243903

#1 doesn't work for me

Well, I called in the Logosian app research team to analyze this absolutely critical situation (that really doesn't impact me).

It turns out, all my verse-based resources drag-highlight up and down (as your video). All my monographs only up; not down. Now, looking at lexicons, my hebrew are up/down, while my latin are up only.

Being flumoxed (sp?), the team re-met, locating an entirely new principle ... resources touching the bottom of the layout are up only; resources not touching the bottom, are up/down. This accounts for hebrew (near the top) vs latin (at the bottom). Also all the monographs are bottom-touching.

Unfortunately, several team members are now threatening to quit, over this critical issue. It seems, the new research doesn't apply to verse-based resources, which even touching the bottom, are up/down.

Mike Binks

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1243922#Comment_1243922

Unfortunately, several team members are now threatening to quit, over this critical issue.

These team members would be better learning to cope with life's ups and downs.