Layouts that Auto Update Book Positions

When you first hear this suggestion, you're probably going to think I'm crazy, but here it goes...

I would like to see a feature in Logos (even if it's a little hidden so average users won't accidentally use it) where I could set certain layouts I'm working in to automatically update book positions even when I'm not in the layout.

Now most of the time, that defeats the whole purpose of having a layout, since you usually want to save your book positions.

But here's what I want it for.

I'm using a few layouts in seminary more as window positions of books instead of bookmarking actual book positions. I've created a few layouts of all my courses so I can easily call up, reference, search, etc., those books when typing papers, discussions, etc.

At times I'll also open one of them on my iPad and be reading through a chapter or article, then come back to the layout later.

It would be great if by the time I came back to the layout and called it up, instead of it defaulting to the last position in the book when I saved the layout, it would instead default to the last place I was at on my iPad so I could take the research further.

It probably sounds crazy, but it'd sure be useful in times like this.

Thanks!

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TCBlack

I can't test it without a free ipad Nathan but does the history tick mark transfer/sync?

Nathan Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/625889#Comment_625889

I can't test it without a free ipad Nathan but does the history tick mark transfer/sync?

Are you referring to the little breadcrumb like markings in the books or something else? I'll test it out.

Thanks!

TCBlack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/625897#Comment_625897

Yes. If that does sync, that would at least give you a quick jump to where you were.

Nathan Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/625933#Comment_625933

Yes. If that does sync, that would at least give you a quick jump to where you were.

Sounds good. I'll give it a spin soon and let you know what I find out.

Thanks!

Nathan Parker

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/625938#Comment_625938

Strange. I'm not seeing any breadcrumb markings at all in my books, but the option is enabled.

Mark Barnes

It probably sounds crazy, but it'd sure be useful in times like this.

It makes a lot of sense, and it's one of the reasons I don't use layouts. Instead I use bookmarks/favorites for this. If you add to favorites from the library (rather than from an open resource), then it will always open to the last used point. And you can open all the favorites in one folder by right-clicking on the folder name. Combine the two, and you have something close to what you want (although obviously the positions of the panels and any linking isn't retained).