Visual Filter observation

Lew Worthington · 2025-03-14T18:20:50+00:00

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In Windows, I noticed that if I don't have any relevant VFs for the book that's open, Logos correctly tells me so:

Yet, it is blue as if it's turned on.

But if I create a temporary one just long enough to turn the VF button off, then delete the VF, the button shows up as off.

I'm going to guess this is expected behavior (the toggle goes to the last status) but my obsessive nature wants to shut something off if I'm not using it.

What's interesting to me, though, is that if @Aaron Hamilton is correct (he usually is :) ) in this thread:

https://community.logos.com/discussion/247501/visual-filters-not-showing-on-toolbar

Then the Windows and Mac versions work differently.

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Aaron Hamilton

I am on Windows too. If you delete all of your visual filters from Documents → Filter Type: Visual Filter and then open a Bible in a new tab, I expect you will no longer see the visual filters button. However, I would prefer the button to be always visible in Bibles, because it creates a convenient shortcut to create a new one. Something is definitely a little quirky about this button. Logos crashed once as I was playing with it and certain behavior (like what you described) seems a little off.

I am realizing, however, that what I said previously may have been at least partially incorrect. I think the button may only disappear when one has no visual filters at all, rather than when one has no relevant visual filters.

Dave Hooton

@Aaron Hamilton I am realizing, however, that what I said previously may have been at least partially incorrect. I think the button may only disappear when one has no visual filters at all, rather than when one has no relevant visual filters.

My finding is that VF's are absent unless the resource is specified.

Lew Worthington

Thanks, @Dave Hooton. I should have mentioned that I had chosen (nearly at random) a specific book.