Search User Created Items in Atlas?

[Martin Z]

Is it possible to search for use created items in Atlas?

[Helen Brown]

No, in the Atlas you cannot create new sites, only an overlay. The Timeline does create actual items, but that makes it much more complex of an interface.

[Jon S]

I'd appreciate this feature too.

 

I was hoping to create a custom layer with site names in Arabic.

[Helen Brown]

You should be able to create a User Layer with labels in Arabic. It just won't be as functional as a true site layer.

[Jon S]

You should be able to create a User Layer with labels in Arabic. It just won't be as functional as a true site layer.

Thanks Helen.  It should have been exactly what I was looking for.

 

But sadly, it doesn't appear that the layer editor handles Arabic:

- changing the system keyboard produces unintelligible symbols

- pasting right-to-left text is reversed

 

Assuming this means that it isn't built for Unicode?

 

Too bad.  Otherwise would have been great.

 

[Jon S]

Additional observation:

 

If I select "Salaam" as the layer editor font and change the macOS system keyboard to Arabic, then Arabic text is displayed, but left-to-right.

 

However...

 

If I exit the layer editor and re-enter it, the text reverses to the proper right-to-left.  But the only remaining issue is that the text is not fully connected, so looks a bit off.

 

So, not really a workaround, since it means looking at backwards text as you type.  And disconnected text.

 

vs 

 

 

[Jon S]

Workaround that works!

1. Type Arabic text outside of Accordance (in Word, Notes, etc)
2. Copy and paste it into the Atlas layer editor.  It will appear reversed (left-to-right).
3. Exit the layer editor.
4. Re-enter the editor - the text flips back to right-to-left.  And properly connected.

Sorry for wasting forum space on my personal journey through Arabic fonts.  That'll teach me to post before playing with every possibility.

 

[Helen Brown]

Well, yes, that editor dates way back before we ever incorporated Unicode or expected labels would be right-to-left text. You might try typing or pasting the Arabic into a search field that defaults to Arabic (i.e. for the Bible or Quran) and then copying from there into the Atlas label.

[Jon S]

Good idea.

 

My lazy solution has been to search for place names in an English text with an Arabic Bible in parallel.

 

Thanks for all the help!