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Instant Details: switch instantly between primary & alternate text


Jonathan C. Borland

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Hi Accordancers,

 

Perhaps this has already been done, but if not, I'd like to request a shortcut key for the Instant Details pane to switch between the preferred text and alternate text when hovering over a hypertext verse reference in any tool. Often I want to know instantly how the Chinese version or the Greek has a verse, without opening a new window and changing the text.

 

If we already have this option, please let me know! Thanks!

 

Sincerely,

 

Jonathan

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Hey, this is interesting. I tried several possible key combinations while hovering over a hypertext reference, like we do with Bible text modules on tagged texts, but none of them seem to work.

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The purpose of the alternate text is to fill in when sections are missing, such as OT for primary and NT for secondary, or a protestant version and one with apocrypha.

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Thanks, Helen. I like the instant details pane. It already does so much. I'm not sure how much interest there is for adding the kind of function I've described. Currently I use a separate pane with a parallel text for viewing hypertext scripture references in 2 versions. To have a function (e.g. opt-cmd-[hover]) to view an alternate/secondary text in instant details would be helpful, and also save some screen space on smaller MacBooks.

 

Jonathan

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+1

 

I guess it would be generally to be able to consult two different text versions (e.g. LXX-BHS, original-traslation, english-foreign, etc.) when a hypertext scripture reference permits it; besides, the key shortcuts are still unused, and they can be dedicated to this function analogous to consulting Bible text modules.

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