BUG & Pet Peeve: Over-selection of text in Logos

Every now and then when I am selecting text in Logos, it will grab a huge amount of text instead of sentence or word/s that I wanted to select. Since I highlight a lot, I have to slow down to see what winds up being highlighted (after all the Logos tools run). However, I get ahead of myself and tend to use the letter key shortcut to fire my highlighter before Logos gets around to showing me what it highlighted.

Just now, I wanted to highlight a couple of words in Deut 24 and add a green underline. However, unbeknownst to me, the over-selection bug decided that I must have really wanted to select everything that I'd read in this session--all the way back to Deut 20--and so, when I hit my Green Underline hotkey, now it ruined chapters and chapters of highlighting that will take me an hour or more to fix--IF I don't get zapped by this bug again.

The bug has been around a long time, and I'm not quite sure how to replicate it--but I encounter it a lot.

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George Somsel

Just now, I wanted to highlight a couple of words in Deut 24 and add a green underline. However, unbeknownst to me, the over-selection bug decided that I must have really wanted to select everything that I'd read in this session--all the way back to Deut 20--and so, when I hit my Green Underline hotkey, now it ruined chapters and chapters of highlighting that will take me an hour or more to fix--IF I don't get zapped by this bug again.

Did you try reversing the process by undoing it? I don't know whether this works with highlighting since I almost never highlight and when I do I remove it shortly thereafter (mark something to review when current operation is complete then go back, review that and remove highlighting).

Ward Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/270827#Comment_270827

Did you try reversing the process by undoing it? I don't know whether this works with highlighting since I almost never highlight and when I do I remove it shortly thereafter (mark something to review when current operation is complete then go back, review that and remove highlighting).

ALT+Backspace has no effect on highlighting, as far as I can tell. Block erasing wipes out the complex stuff I wanted, along with the single "oops" I didn't.

Continuing on with de-rezzing Chapter 22...EOL

Rich DeRuiter

Every now and then when I am selecting text in Logos, it will grab a huge amount of text instead of sentence or word/s that I wanted to select. Since I highlight a lot, I have to slow down to see what winds up being highlighted (after all the Logos tools run). However, I get ahead of myself and tend to use the letter key shortcut to fire my highlighter before Logos gets around to showing me what it highlighted. . .

I don't have this problem with my desktop computer.

Sometimes have it on my laptop. I think it's a function of the touch pad. I get the same thing in other applications sometimes. In fact, the only way I've found to turn this off is to right-click something. Very annoying.

Are you finding this on a desktop computer, or laptop with mouse? Is this a laptop with a touch pad?

Ward Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/270835#Comment_270835

It occurs with my desktop (normal mouse) and with my tablet (pen-based selects.)

I've tried to figure out how to force it to happen, but thus far have never developed a bullet-proof case...it just happens. The amount of text it grabs seems to be somewhat random too, but usually is a very large block--well off the screen of what is currently displayed.

Because I highlight a lot, I may be hitting this bug much more than folks who don't select lots of text as they work in Logos.

I just caught up with where I was when I last encountered this bug...at least it didn't grab all of the ESV!!!

Dave Hooton

Since I highlight a lot, I have to slow down to see what winds up being highlighted (after all the Logos tools run).

I would practice that and ensure my highlight region is in the middle of the page, not the top.

Tonya J Ross

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/270840#Comment_270840

I've never encountered this before, but we'll try to reproduce the issue.

If you (or anyone else) do happen to uncover a set of steps to consistently reproduce the issue that would certainly be helpful. [:)]

Alan Charles Gielczyk

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/271557#Comment_271557

Never happened to me on my laptop or desktop, sounds like you need to slow down. Have you tried ctrl/z for undo?

Ward Walker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/271568#Comment_271568

I've tried to Undo, but it has no effect on the application of a Highlight...at least on my computer.

Regarding duplicating my experience, I'm ambidexterous (means I can't do anything well with either hand [;)] ) so I select from left to right and right to left. Perhaps I'll put a video camera on the screen someday and try to capture the over-selection in action--it happens to me at least once a study session, so it isn't rare--at least for me.