Highlighting not working in Ebooks app on iOS / iPadOS

I do not have this particular app downloaded to check. However: Make sure that the visual filter is turned on... else, you will create the highlight but not see it!

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1324889#Comment_1324889

Thanks JT for your suggestion. Perhaps someone with the EBooks.app can tell me where in the app to go to change this option?

I am able to see highlights that I made say a month or longer ago, I just can't create new highlights now (or for the past few weeks). I checked and this happens in all books I tried at present.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1324987#Comment_1324987

Which specific version of the app are you using?

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I can’t find any setting for visual filters in the e-books app.

What I did find is that when you have a resource open and you tap on the three dots in the top right hand corner, and then you select view settings, if you scroll down there is a switch to turn on ”Swipe to highlight” or turn it off. In your iPad is that turned on?

Something I have noticed over the years is computers that are not powered off and powered back on, once in a while, develop glitches that result in things getting a bit wonky. if you haven’t powered your iPad off completely, recently, I suggest giving that a try.

I can report that highlighting is working for me on my iPad. I prefer to have highlight to swipe turned off because then I can choose which highlight I apply, and I can also swipe to create a note.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1324990#Comment_1324990

Do you have "swipe to highlight" turned on?

Alan saunders

I had some funny problems and found I had accidentally turned on the bible text only filter.

In the kebab menu, top right of the pane you have a “View Settings” selection. That opens a submenu that has

the “swipe text to highlight” option someone else mentioned
Show notes and highlights optionand
a ”Reformat Text” that opens another submenu with several options

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325000#Comment_1325000

Oh, I missed that, Alan. The show notes/highlights which could be the solution. Well done

Perhaps that is what JT meant by Visual Filter as well.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325000#Comment_1325000

I had some funny problems and found I had accidentally turned on the bible text only filter.

In the kebab menu, top right of the pane you have a “View Settings” selection. That opens a submenu that has

the “swipe text to highlight” option someone else mentioned

Show notes and highlights optionand

a ”Reformat Text” that opens another submenu with several options

Swipe to highlight is turned on.

Show notes/highlights is on.

Reformat text is off

I am using version 37.0.2(4)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325006#Comment_1325006

you restarted your iPad

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325009#Comment_1325009

you restarted your iPad

I restarted my iPad and iPhone and now swipe highlighting works again as expected.

We need to start using Windows tech support tricks on Apple gear [;)]

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325024#Comment_1325024

Alright 🎉

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I spoke too soon.

I opened the EBook.app on my iPhone this morning, and swiping to highlight surrounds the selected text with the light blue dotted line, and then disappears when you lift your finger. This is with the app version 37.0.2(4). Restarting the iPhone and the EBook app made no difference.

Perhaps one of the Logos gurus can tell me what does it mean when text is surrounded with the light blue dotted line, instead of the usual green solid line when highlighting is working properly?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325186#Comment_1325186

You might want to contact cs@logos.com and report it to customer services.

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Perhaps one of the Logos gurus can tell me what does it mean when text is surrounded with the light blue dotted line, instead of the usual green solid line when highlighting is working properly?

screenshot?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325202#Comment_1325202

Here is the blue dotted lines when you swipt to highlight. As soon as you remove your finger from the screen, the dotted line vanishes.

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325616#Comment_1325616

The blue dotted lines, as well as the empty magnifying glass, indicate some sort of UI issue. I don't think this is a widespread issue but more likely related to your installation. Have you tried deleting the app and reinstalling?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325682#Comment_1325682

What happens if you try to highlight outside of your reading plan?

Have you tried turning "swipe to highlight" off?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325682#Comment_1325682

The blue dotted lines, as well as the empty magnifying glass, indicate some sort of UI issue. I don't think this is a widespread issue but more likely related to your installation. Have you tried deleting the app and reinstalling?

Deleting and reinstalling seems to have done the trick. Maybe something somehow got corrupted?

Thanks for your help and suggestions! God Bless, MarkL

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325834#Comment_1325834

Maybe something somehow got corrupted?

How many resources did you have downloaded?

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1325882#Comment_1325882

Maybe something somehow got corrupted?

How many resources did you have downloaded?

I had ESV, KJV, the book I was reading, so I don't think that was part of the problem.