Tip: How to hide up to 10 resources at once

I've always thought it impossible to hide multiple resources, but I've recently discovered a workaround which hides up to 10 resources, which whilst far from perfect might help somewhat. Disclaimer: I'm using the beta at the moment, so it's possible this tip only works on the beta. It's worth trying on the release version though.

Here are the steps:

Open your library in one panel, and Program Settings in another panel.
Expand the Hidden Resource section of Program Settings.
Select the resources you want to hide, up to 10. To select multiple resources click on the first, then SHIFT+click on the last. Alternatively, click on the first then CTRL+click on each of the others.
In the library panel click "Open all in a floating window"
When the floating window appears, SHIFT+drag one tab into the hidden resources box. Holding the SHIFT key before you click on a tab causes all the tabs to be selected.
Close the floating window.

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Graham Criddle

Hi Mark

Thanks for this - very helpful

Graham

Praiser

Great to see this...I tried this when Perseus first came out and it didn't work for me at that time (Beta user), or I was trying to move too many resources at once. So this might be a new addition since so many folks were asking for it. I'm glad we are able to do it this way now.[Y]

steve clark

Very clever Mark!

It worked in my 4.3Sr3.

Danny Baskin

Thanks, Mark! So helpful. Though it was great to get all the free Perseus materials, they tend to "clutter" my library. Now hiding them wil take about 1/10 the time!

Buck McDaniel

I tried this method, but it appeared to be inconsistent. Now I know why.
When I tested it, I only tested a few. Then I deleted all those between files I wanted to keep, but could not figure out why it sometimes worked and sometimes did not.

Now that I am done, I get to learn the difference.

I am glad to know this for the future.

Thank you

Buck

Nick Mertes

I tried your suggestion but couldn't make it work. In step 3, when I click on any book, it opens in a new window. When I right click, one of the choices is open in a floating window. There is no choice to "Open all in a floating window". Do you have any further suggestions?

steve clark

Dave Hooton

I tried your suggestion but couldn't make it work. In step 3, when I click on any book, it opens in a new window. When I right click, one of the choices is open in a floating window. There is no choice to "Open all in a floating window". Do you have any further suggestions?

Do not click on the Title to select resources.

The option is "Open in a floating window".

Mark Barnes

In step 3, when I click on any book, it opens in a new window.

As Dave said, when you click, CTRL+click or SHIFT+click, do it anywhere on the row, apart from on the title or cover. That way, you can select the row without opening the resource.

Nick Mertes

Thanks to each of you who replied. Sometimes it takes an old curmudgeon (as my secretary refers to me) like me to RTIC (Read the Instructions Completely).

Rosie Perera

Thanks, Mark. This is brilliant! I have gotten behind on tagging new resources and I trace it to the arrival of Perseus in my library. It just overwhelmed me so much I got stuck and haven't done any tagging at all since then.

I see it's possible to drag even more than 10 tabs at a time to the Hidden Resources folder if there's an easy way to get them all open in a floating window at once. I wonder why there's that artificial limit of opening only 10 at a time?

BTW, I figured out a faster way to count to 10 in making my selection in the library. First resize the library tile so that exactly 10 titles appear in it (put some other tile above it). Then you can just page down a page at a time and select from top to bottom of the titles that are showing.

James H. Schafer

Thanks Mark for this splendid idea.

My problem is, that even after I drag the resources into the Hidden box, restart Logos, they continue to show up in My Library.

I thought hiding the resource meant it would no longer show in the Library. Am I right, or wrong.

Rosie Perera

Thanks Mark for this splendid idea.

My problem is, that even after I drag the resources into the Hidden box, restart Logos, they continue to show up in My Library.

I thought hiding the resource meant it would no longer show in the Library. Am I right, or wrong.

I had this problem with a few of the ones from the enormous Perseus collection that I hid, but I restarted Logos again, and they were gone. I think I only had to rehide 10 or 20 of them which were missed on my first pass through.

James H. Schafer

Finally, I got success. However, simply closing Logos and re-opening Logos did nothing to the resources hidden.

I had to re-boot the computer before they were removed from my library. Latin and Spanish resources now moved. Going to work on Perseus-Greek now and that's 404 resources so it will take a while.

Sure wish it worked just closing and re-opening Logos.

Jonathan Burke

Could I confirm that hidden resources:

1. Are actually removed from your hard drive, thus reducing the size of your Logos library (and index, when you re-index).

2. Are not re-downloaded the next time you sync.

toughski

I've always thought it impossible to hide multiple resources, but I've recently discovered a workaround which hides up to 10 resources, which whilst far from perfect might help somewhat.

Great idea, thank you, Mark.

But what about if I want to uhhide half of Perseus? Then what? I guess Logos thinks that we can only read one book at a time [;)]

JT (alabama24)

Thanks again, Mark, for this great tip. I just cleaned up over 100 resources. Your method was a lifesaver. [:)]

Alan Cleveland

Thank you so much for this simple tip Mark!

Donald Patrick Harris

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the tip. I tried it and it works. Still tedious but it works and I have now hidden all the Perseus collection works to which I don't care to have regular access.

I also discovered, quite accidentally, that you need only highlight the resources in the library (no more than 10, contiguous or non-contiguous) and drag them to the hidden resources section of Program Settings.

Again, thank you for your help.

grace and peace,

Don

Mark Barnes

I also discovered, quite accidentally, that you need only highlight the resources in the library (no more than 10, contiguous or non-contiguous) and drag them to the hidden resources section of Program Settings.

This doesn't work for me - only one resource is dragged and hidden. Are you sure it works for you? If so, what version of Logos are you using? Windows or Mac?

Donald Patrick Harris

Yes, it certainly does work for me. For weeks I hid sources one at a time. Then I became frustrated and just let it be until I read Mark's tip. Then I tried to hide multiple resources using--I even tried hiding more than ten but that didn't work. But, yes, I did hide ten resources at a time. Now all the resources I wanted to hide are hidden.

My version is Logos Bible Software 4.5a SR-1 (4.51.0.2057) and I am a Mac user.

grace and peace

GregW

Thanks Mark - this enabled me to clear out all the Latin resources very quickly on a wet Easter Monday. Not that I have got anything against Latin resources, I just don't need them at the moment!

Thor Ryan

Very helpful, works great, thanks!

Rosie Perera

By the way, this trick is soon to be no longer necessary. The beta version of Logos 4.6 has a new feature where you can select multiple books at once and drag them all to Hidden Resources together. For further details, see http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52637.aspx and http://wiki.logos.com/Logos_4.6_Beta_2.

toughski

Rosie, can you confirm that it works the "other way" too - can you select multiple resources in the Hidden list and drag them back to the Library?

Rosie Perera

Rosie, can you confirm that it works the "other way" too - can you select multiple resources in the Hidden list and drag them back to the Library?

I haven't upgraded to it yet, but I could have sworn I saw someone else mention that it does not work the other way. However I can't find that post now.

EDIT: Ah, here it is: http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52692.aspx

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Rosie, can you confirm that it works the "other way" too - can you select multiple resources in the Hidden list and drag them back to the Library?

Please help me understand when and why you would want to unhide multiple resources at once.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

The beta version of Logos 4.6 has a new feature where you can select multiple books at once and drag them all to Hidden Resources together.

In Logos 4.6, you can select multiple resources in the Library, hold down Ctrl (or Option) and right-click them, then choose "Hide these resources" from the context menu. There is no multiple drag-and-drop.

Jerry Bush

The beta version of Logos 4.6 has a new feature where you can select multiple books at once and drag them all to Hidden Resources together.

In Logos 4.6, you can select multiple resources in the Library, hold down Ctrl (or Option) and right-click them, then choose "Hide these resources" from the context menu. There is no multiple drag-and-drop.

Bradley -

I am on 4.6 beta 2 and I cannot get this right-click option to come up. Am I missing something?

Jerry