Logos 6, Windows 10, and dragging text

I've upgraded from Windows 7 to 10 and am having no problems... except one.

I cannot select text and drag to some applications. I can click and drag to MS Word, and to this window. I cannot drag to BibleWorks Notes or Editor, or Notepad. Previously, I could have done to all.

I didn't find anyone else writing about this. Know anything, or bug?

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Bradley Grainger (Logos)

Starting with Windows Vista, drag-and-drop between applications is only allowed if they're running at the same "integrity level" (this is related to UAC). If you launch one application as administrator and the other as a "normal" user, drag-and-drop won't be allowed.

I'm not aware of anything that's changed in Windows 10 that would affect this. Is it possible that as part of the Windows 10 upgrade, some of your applications had "Run as administrator" checked in their compatibility options? This setting is not recommended for Logos 6; it was designed to run under a normal user account without elevation.

Dan Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755248#Comment_755248

Thanks. How could Logos and BW have different settings, though? How would I fix this, or check it?

Dan Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755248#Comment_755248

Bradley, it's gotten weirder. Now Logos is drag-and-drop copying to BW10...but still won't do it for Notepad.

I'd had a speculation: I think maybe last time I opened BW10, the machine had done a Windows update of some sort, and BW prompted me for permission to open. Then later I experienced this issue. I closed and reopened BW10, and it worked.

So I rebooted to do more testing before telling you. BW10 opened without prompting. Logos 6 drags and drops to it... but it still won't to Notepad. Weird, eh?

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

I cannot select text and drag to some applications. I can click and drag to MS Word, and to this window. I cannot drag to BibleWorks Notes or Editor, or Notepad. Previously, I could have done to all.

I've just tested on Windows 10 and I can also reproduce this problem (with Notepad).

I've filed a bug report for us to investigate it further.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755264#Comment_755264

So I rebooted to do more testing before telling you. BW10 opened without prompting. Logos 6 drags and drops to it... but it still won't to Notepad. Weird, eh?

This looks like it may be a bug under Windows 10; I don't know what's causing it. We'll investigate further.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755295#Comment_755295

So I rebooted to do more testing before telling you. BW10 opened without prompting. Logos 6 drags and drops to it... but it still won't to Notepad. Weird, eh?

This looks like it may be a bug under Windows 10; I don't know what's causing it. We'll investigate further.

I can't drag-and-drop to Notepad on Windows 8.1. I'm not actually sure if it ever supported drag-and-drop, so I'm no longer convinced this is a regression under Windows 10.

Is it possible you had a Notepad replacement (like Notepad2) installed on Windows 7, but it's not set up on Windows 10 yet?

Dan Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755296#Comment_755296

No, I didn't. There was another oddness under Win7 — when I dragged straight from Logos to BW, the small-caps words just changed to lowercase. But, oddly, if I dragged to Notepad, they were preserved, and then I could drag to BW.

That problem, at least, is no longer an issue.

I wonder if this is something that will happen after each update...of Windows or BW. I'll keep watch, will let you know if it happens with future updates.

Dan Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755296#Comment_755296

OK, on my laptop, upgraded from 8.1 to 10, Logos clicks and drags to BW10 but not to Notepad.

Dan Phillips

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/755316#Comment_755316

I have a strange update.

So Win10 updated and rebooted my laptop. When I opened BW10, I was prompted with a permission window popup. I OKed, it opened -- and I could not select and drag data from Logos to Word, Notepad, or BW10.

So here's the weird thing: I updates BW10 with its latest update, closed it, reopened without a prompt — and then I was able to click and drag from Logos to BW10 and Word. But still not Notepad.

Weird, eh?