Moblie searching takes over other open search panes

Tim Northup
Tim Northup Member Posts: 1
edited November 21 in English Forum

Searches is one of my most used features in Logos. And I find myself using the mobile app more and more. When I perform a search in a resource in the mobile app I like to select the ”this resource” option to open the search tool so I can quickly switch between the resource and the search results.

But when I already have another search pane open, choosing this option on my new search takes over that other search pane instead of opening a new one. This is very frustrating because I would like to have several resources and potentially several searches of those resources open at the same time.

Does anyone have similar issues? Is there a setting where this can be changed? Or would it be possible to update the app to default to opening a new search pane or having the option to do so?

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  • Ali Pope
    Ali Pope Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,821

    Hi Tim, thank you for explaining your request. This is the current, intended behavior as of right now. Please feel free to create a feature request at Faithlife Feedback for others to vote on. In the meantime, a workaround is to manually create another Search tab.

    Ali Pope | Logos Desktop and Mobile Program Manager

  • Peter Martin
    Peter Martin Member Posts: 9
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250913#Comment_1250913

    I can understand that this change may be seen as an improvement to avoid proliferation of search tabs. However I really would prefer to be able to keep my existing searches and close them manually as needed. 

    I have added this feature request, if others would like to vote it up: https://feedback.faithlife.com/boards/logos-mobile-app/posts/revert-to-opening-additional-search-tabs

    How do we manually create new search tabs? Tapping the tabs icon, then + then tapping search does nothing for me—and seems rather laborious anyway  

  • Ali Pope
    Ali Pope Member, Logos Employee Posts: 1,821
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1251529#Comment_1251529

    How do we manually create new search tabs?
    1. In the Layouts View, tap the plus icon on the right or left to create a new tab.
    2. Tap that new tab.
    3. Tap the nine dots icon at the top (third from the left).
    4. Tap Search.

    Ali Pope | Logos Desktop and Mobile Program Manager

  • Peter Martin
    Peter Martin Member Posts: 9
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1251628#Comment_1251628

    Thanks for replying.
    I tried that several times on Saturday (including restarting the app), and each time it failed to create a new search tab: it just returned to the same set of existing tabs. I updated the app yesterday and today it works, so perhaps there was a bug. 

    It still seems laborious for something that previously took one tap. I hope the developers will consider reinstating the original functionality, though I realize these changes are made after careful consideration. Or: how about making a long press on the search icon open a new search tab, instead of reusing the existing search tab? Long press already has a precedent with the tabs icon. 

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