New auto mode to automatically link all panels

Good Idea

I like it, except make "Manual mode" a by-resource setting, not a global setting. Coming from e-Sword, here is what I have been thinking:

- By default, all resources would be in a default link set (this is how e-Sword is set up):.
- By default, every Bible and commentary would link to the verse, and every lexicon would link to a selected word, etc.
- If, then, I want to produce different link sets (Manual mode), I can change a resource to that Link set.
- Each resource would retain its setting always, not having to be reset when closed and then re-opened in a Layout (e.g. such as when I accidentally get too close with my mouse to the close 'X' of a resource and it closes and I have to reopen it).

I’d suggest a more nuanced approach to accomplish this, one which looks more like what Wordsearch ended up with.

Having a global setting to enable or disable auto-linking is handy, though it might be more useful if it could be toggled from the application toolbar instead of having to go through Program Settings. Presumably, every window/panel would be linked to link set A when opened via that setting. The idea of applying the auto-link setting at the Layout level instead of the global level is interesting, though it might end up overly complicated.

The ability to override membership in link set A at the resource level, as mentioned by others, would be important. Moreover, this should be easy for a nominally experienced use to accomplish, and this is an area Logos could use some improvement.

Today, a user needs to click the “hamburger” icon to get to the resource panel menu to modify or even check the linking status. This status selection functionality would be much more obvious, easy to use, and helpful to have on the resource toolbar: the ability to instantly view the current link status, toggle panel linking on/off, and define link set membership value for any resource with a mouse click. It can all be done with a single drop-down, like Wordsearch used. Wordsearch also provided the ability in the same drop-down to set a resource as a link set “driver”, which changed the link set behavior from peer-to-peer to a master-slave model, so you could scroll around in dependent windows without causing the primary window’s context (and everything else) to follow along – that was very handy.

I would also suggest following Wordsearch’s example in moving the “send hyperlinks here” setting to the resource toolbar as a simple toggleable icon (they used a “target” icon, which seemed obvious). Again, not only is it easy to see what is set as what, it is a single click to turn on/off.

@Dave Hooton   (I don't know why I didn't get notified a year ago when you posted...but here goes.)  I agree with your enhancement to my suggestion, that is, connecting it with the layouts and tabs, not the resource, so, for instance, have one tab of a resource open linked, and another tab of the same resource unlinked, or in a different link set - but see John's suggestion below...

Hey, Phil, what's the status of the suggestion?  (It didn't appear in Logos 10...)

Fully agree with this suggestion. I've often wanted to right-click my open Bible tab and link all open (or about to be open) resources to it, particularly commentaries and study Bibles.

It's a much-needed improvement.