Back Button that will close resources? Newbie Question

I find that I quickly become lost in Logos as I click on links. It is constantly opening new resources. I am aware of the history that lets me jump back to a particular spot in a resource, but I haven't found a way to jump back to the exact layout I had earlier without creating a layout at every step. I've done some searching, and it doesn't seem like there is a back button that allows you to march backwards through all your steps. Is that correct? I'm curious how you manage this? I find I'm constantly clicking on my base layout and starting from scratch.

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DMB

That was another early design failure. It's been 15 years now. Even though the Logos4 design stressed inter-book features across a time dimension, it's 'go-back' was from another era ... Libronix. One book at a time.

It'd certainly be nice, especially in un-doing an accidental layout pile-up (versus a massive go-back to a saved layout ... the 15 year work-around).

You're participating in a long tradition.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1278334#Comment_1278334

LOL. I just messed up something I was viewing.....I had no idea how to recover. I just flipped back here to see if anyone had offered a solution. It looks like I will be going back to my original layout [:)]

Mike Binks

I haven't found a way to jump back to the exact layout I had earlier without creating a layout at every step.

Before going right back to the start I would be investigating the 'snapshots' to see there is anything nearly there.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1278362#Comment_1278362

Snapshots would be a good solution, but they only happen when layout-x is changed to layout-y. The headache is (1) going down a wrong path, and everybody following along. And then (2) the panels are inconsistent on linking (leader/follower), in order to get back. Ergo re-load a layout.

I think I do have a snapshot from about 3 weeks ago. Bad boy!

Dave Hooton

I haven't found a way to jump back to the exact layout I had earlier without creating a layout at every step.

Are you using Update Active Layout?

This preserves the layout name without "creating" a new (saved) layout.

So this will create a history of the layout at different dates.

If you use At startup Open to "Most recent layout - Local" in Program Settings, you will have an Application Closed layout when you exit Logos.