[ACK] Broken? Library "Save as Collection" feature

Is Faithlife aware that the "Save as Collection" feature is broken?

Multiple comments on MPSeminars.com indicate that users have been struggling with it. One user (Scott Werlein) claims that it works only if he opens his Library in a separate window.
Even with Scott Werlein's tip, I still haven't succeeded
[I'm running Verbum 6.3 SR-1 (6.3.0.0056) on Win7]
I tried targeting Google at the Logos Forums, but found zero posts.

Motive & Workaround: I wanted to use this feature to create a collection of my entire library before merging with the Logos Cloud Premium resources. For that, dragging items to the collection one-by-one was impractical, so I ended up tagging my entire library instead.

I agree w/Morris Proctor that "Save as Collection" sounds like a helpful feature, so I wonder: could it be fixed easily?
Thanks,
-Pete

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NB.Mick

I can confirm this feature (along with Save as Bibliography) does work when the library is open in a floating window or a tab, but not in the drop-down library - Win 7 32bit here.

Since I'm running beta, I'll cross-post in the beta forum.

NB.Mick

could it be fixed easily?

Seems like a program bug. If it's easy to fix, they may include this into 6.4 which is out in about a month or so. Watch this thread or the one in the beta forum https://community.logos.com/forums/t/105948.aspx for answers by Faithlife.

Until then, just use the library in a separate tab or a floating window.

Pete De Bonte

Until then, just use the library in a separate tab or a floating window.

Perhaps I buried it in the too-much-detail of my original post, but
it doesn't work for even in a separate tab or floating window.

If I do have the library open in a separate tab or window, I see the collection appear momentarily, and then it disappears and selects my first collection (named "Dictionaries") is selected, even if that wasn't the one that I had selected before attempting the Save as Collection. If I look at the list of collections, a new collection has not been created. I even tried creating an empty collection first, to possibly receive the Save as Collection result (it didn't help)

NB.Mick

Until then, just use the library in a separate tab or a floating window.

Perhaps I buried it in the too-much-detail of my original post, but
it doesn't work for me at all, (even in a separate tab or floating window).

Oh sorry, I overlooked that in your OP.

The developers will probably need more info to tackle that.

Can you create a "diagnostic log" by starting Logos with the Ctrl-key down, opening your library in a tab or window and then selecting some books from your library and trying to save as Collection? (By the way: does save as Bibliography work for you there?). Then upload the logos.log file here with the paperclip icon - see https://wiki.logos.com/diagnostic_logging for details.

Pete De Bonte

The developers will probably need more info to tackle that. Can you create a "diagnostic log"…

I believe I can do better, as I finally succeeded. For me, Save as Collection:

SUCCEEDS: when "Library" is the only open panel.
FAILS: if a "Collections" panel is opened before clicking "Save as Collection" in the Library panel.
(As described in my previous post, I see the new collection for a split-second, but then it switches to my "Dictionaries" collection and the new collection is not saved)

Can you reproduce that particular "Save as Collections" failure in L6.4 beta?

does save as Bibliography work for you there

Good question: Save as Bibliography, in contrast, works for me even if I have a Bibliography panel open already; however, it also opens a new panel for every operation instead of trying to reuse a currently open panel (which is what Save as Collection tries to do when it fails for me)