Logos not using the Bible set up as the Target Bible for Hyperlinks

Rick Ausdahl · 2025-05-14T17:30:19+00:00

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In the two-panel layout below, the NIV Bible in the right panel (outlined in red) is set up to be the Bible target for scripture reference links. But when opening the layout and selecting a scripture link from one of the commentaries (first three tabs in the panel), Logos always jumps to the left panel and opens the NIV 84 (outlined in blue). And this behavior will continue until I manually select/open the NIV tab in the right panel.

Once I've selected/opened the NIV tab in the right panel, will then start using it as the target for scripture links as it should, but not until then. I don't recall ever encountering this behavior before. So, unless my memory is failing, or something was intentionally changed in Logos, I'm guessing this is a bug.

Anyone else experienced this behavior?

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Dave Hooton

Anyone else experienced this behavior?

No. Not in Windows 11.

What OS and version of Logos are you on?

SavedbyGrace

Hi there @Rick Ausdahl ,

I can confirm that I've had the same issue for a while now and I've made a short video of what I'm experiencing in the hope that it will clarify more: 🔗Target Links Not Working As Expected.

Perhaps @Jason Stone (Logos) or @Joe McCune (Faithlife) could advise if this is intended behavior or a bug.

Thank you.

Antony Brennan

I reckon there's something going on

I tested this with a variety of Bibles and I found a strange anomaly. Almost every time it worked correctly, but I was using the Second volume of the Hermeneia Gospel of John commentary, scrolling through and clicking Bible references.

Everything was going fine until I came across a reference in the commentary which when clicked on opened my prioritised Bible instead of the target Bible as the OP describes.

So I closed my prioritised Bible and clicked the link again and this time it opened the target Bible. Being the curious type I tried another link which moved the target Bible to another book, then I tried the problematic link again and once again it opened my prioritised Bible instead of the target Bible.

I found that I could reproduce this consistently by alternating between another link, then going back to the problematic link.

So for me it's working in general, but some links, for some reason, is opening my prioritised Bible inconsistently, instead of the target Bible.

Edit: okay, I closed Logos and opened it again and this time I have only been able to get it to open the prioritised Bible once instead of the target Bible after much clicking. But clearly there is something going on.