I am trying to open Text Comparisons in a floating window. How do I open and close a floating window?
click on the box at the upper left as shown and select float this panel. To dock it do the same thing only select dock this panel.
How do I open and close a floating window?
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Use the right click method from the menu as detailed below
Logos4 will open Text Comparison in a floating window. To close the window, simply click on the X in the upper right corner of the window.
EDIT: you can use the right click method from most menu items to control how the Tools/Guides/Files/etc are opened.
P.S. being new to the forum, you may not know about the Logos4 wiki, this can be helpful in learning about features of Logos4. Visual Table of Contents and Table of Contents
Thanks so much for all these tips. I am new and plodding, but I know there is so much to learn and am not always sure where to find the answers. Is there a shortcut for closing a floating window?
Is there a shortcut for closing a floating window?
Right now there is not. When Logos 4.1 is released there will be a shortcut to open and a shortcut to close a floating window.
As long as we are on the subject, I was wondering if anyone wanted to point out what they found useful about floating windows. 1) I use 2003 microsoft word and I don't know if there is another way, but using a Logos floating window that is resized and not docked against the side of the display prevents the word processor from minimizing when I change the aspect back and forth from Logos and Word. 2) To move windows onto a second monitor 3) Keeping a second or third floating window minimized gives more flexibility for working on a laptop. I didn't really see much info on this in Wiki. Thanks.
I find the little program deskpins valuable. I use it to pin my word processor and then I can still use the floating windows. Th word processor stays on top.
Here it the site. http://download.cnet.com/DeskPins/3000-2072_4-52361.html where you can get it.
As long as we are on the subject, I was wondering if anyone wanted to point out what they found useful about floating windows.
I only ever use them maximized (except for Biblical People/Places/Things). I keep my Library open all the time in a maximized floating window which I can switch back and forth to easily using Alt+Tab. I like it maximized so I can see as many columns as possible. Ditto for Collections, though I don't usually keep that open for very long, just while editing a collection; then I close it.
Rosie, I have only recently been using floating windows very much. I agree, maximizing the library that way gives you the most area of your display.
Steve, thanks for the tip. I downloaded deskpins and started using them right away. I would imagine that Open Office would have the capability of staying on top of your applications, but I haven't made the switch yet.
I aways appreciate what I learn on the forums as I'm sure we all do. Thanx.
I have just this morning used a floating window for the first time. So this post is full of helpful info. I left my Hebrew Bible at home when I came away for a few days, but today wanted to study an OT passage. My Hebrew is not so good that I can do that without being able to consult a translation and/or a lexicon. So I put it on a floating window and used it alongside my one window maximised multitab study layout. I'm pleased to have learned from this post how to dock the floating window for when I save the layout.
Is there a shortcut for closing a floating window? Right now there is not. When Logos 4.1 is released there will be a shortcut to open and a shortcut to close a floating window.
What about Ctrl-w? I'm using 4.1 now so I can't test it on 4.0x, but I seem to remember this always worked. It closes a panel, and when a floating window has its last panel closed, the window itself will close. So for most floating windows, ctrl-w should close it...
Yes. CTRL+W works.
