Logos version 26

Desktop

  • Application
    • Updated Logos icon
    • Updated splash screen images for Logos.
    • Updated default avatar image.
    • Replaced most references to “Faithlife” with “Logos”.
    • Application title changed from Logos Bible Software to Logos Bible Study.
  • Layouts
    • Merged similar Home Page and QuickStart Layouts.
      • User modifications to the removed Passage Study and Topic Study QuickStart layouts are preserved via a new saved layout
    • Added a Factbook panel to various QuickStart Layouts.
    • Added the ability to open QuickStart Layouts to a reference from the command box.
    • Daily Devotional and Search QuickStart Layouts can be added to the Home Page.
  • Passage Lists
    • Various improvements to Passage Lists:
      • Added the ability to add duplicate passages.
      • Verse-mapping is now supported, (e.g., Passage Lists knows that Joel 2:28 in an English Bible is Joel 3:1 in a Hebrew Bible).
      • Passage Lists uses the multi-resource version picker.
      • Various improvements to the UI.
      • Sort option has been added to the Passage List toolbar.
      • A “Too Many Items” alert will popup when attempting to drag/drop more items than what is supported.

  • Search
    • Added the following options when selecting resources in Morph Search:
      • Top Greek New Testament
      • Top Hebrew Bible
      • Top Greek Septuagint
    • Added Book Type as a section in the collection picker for Morph and Bible searches.
    • Added Language as a section in the collection picker for Morph, Bible, and Books searches.
  • Sermons
    • Added the ability to create a line break in Sermon Builder with SHIFT+ENTER on the keyboard.
    • Updated button styling for Media Tool on Mac.
  • Home Layout
    • Cards in the home layout display the updated Logos icon.
  • Memorization
    • The Memorization Tool is now its own panel, accessible via the Tools menu.
  • Additional Changes
    • Faithlife Assistant is no longer available in the application.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Context Menu
      • Resolved a bug that caused Bible search to be suggested in the context menu for headwords. Thread.
    • Factbook Tags
      • Resolved a crash that occurred when adding a Factbook Tag to Orthodox Church. Thread.
    • Factbook
      • Resolved a bug that caused the Christian History Factbook section to incorrectly use localized data.
    • Guides
      • Resolved a bug that kept results in Parallel Passages guides from wrapping at smaller panel widths. Thread.
      • Resolved a crash that occurred in the Important Words section when running a Passage Guide on a reference with verse parts.
    • Highlighting
      • Improved color styling for Highlight icons in Dark Mode.
    • Layouts
      • Resolved a crash that occurred when opening the Bible Reading Plan layout with an Atlas open and linked to certain bibles.
      • Resolved a crash that occurred when adding Search and Devotional Layouts to the Home Page. Thread.
    • Library
      • Resolved a bug that caused filtering by type to not work when viewing resources in cover view in the Library.
    • Links
      • Resolved a crash that occurred when following L4 links.
    • Memorization
      • Improved styling to various components in Dark Mode.
    • Notes
      • Increased the number of tag filters that are visible in the notes sidebar.
    • Reading Plans
      • Resolved a crash that occurred when creating a shared custom reading plan. Thread.
    • Resources
      • Resolved a crash that occurred in The Greek New Testament According to Majority Text. Thread.
    • Reverse Interlinears
      • Resolved a bug that caused the reverse interlinear pane to occasionally fail to load.
      • Resolved a bug that caused the first word in a verse to remain highlighted in the RVI pane after clicking on other words in the verse. Thread.
      • Resolved a bug that caused the resource panel to jump locations when the Reverse Interlinear ribbon was open and a large number of reading plan markups were present in the same location in a resource.
    • Search
      • Resolved a bug that caused the pericope view in inline search to be broken after downloading the latest pericope sets resource.
      • Resolved a bug that resulted in morph picker showing morphologies that were unsupported in a resource.
      • Resolved a bug that caused Basic Search to ignore the specified range for certain resources.
      • Resolved a bug that caused adjacent search terms to be merged together in search preview.
      • Removed the logic that uses the abbreviated title when there isn’t space for the full title when executing a Books Search.
      • Resolved a bug that caused “Send Searches Here” settings to be ignored and resulted in a new Search panel being opened when a word in a resource was double clicked. Thread.
    • Sermons
      • Resolved a bug that resulted in the incorrect keyboard shortcut being shown when hovering over styling tools in Sermon Builder. Thread.
      • Resolved a bug that caused slides to flash on and back off when opening a Sermon despite having the Show Slides preference set to off.
      • Resolved a bug that resulted in duplicate tool tips to appear in Sermon Manager.
      • Resolved a bug that caused sermons with multi page slides to not export to Powerpoint.
      • Resolved a bug that caused images that were dragged/dropped into a sermon to be uneditable.
      • Resolved a bug that resulted in the inability to export Sermons to PowerPoint.
      • Resolved a bug that caused the full title of a resource to appear in a reference slide for certain Sermon themes.
      • Resolved a bug that caused author’s names to appear in the citation location on a Sermon slide.
      • Resolved a bug that caused duplicate text to appear in Sermon slides.
      • Resolved a bug that caused Sermon slides to flicker upon opening.
    • Touch Screen
      • Improvements to scrolling in popups on touch screen devices.
    • Users
      • Resolved a bug that caused the current user to be cleared when selecting Clear Users from the account menu.
    • Passage Lists
      • Resolved a bug that caused added passages to not insert below the currently selected passage.
      • Resolved a bug that caused the kebab menu icons to be misaligned.
      • Resolved a bug that kept resources from opening to a filtered list when navigating to them from an item in a Passage List.
      • Resolved a bug that caused single lines of text to not be centered.
    • Search
      • Resolved a bug that caused areas of Morph Query documents to not be translated when the application was set to French.
    • Windows Bug Fixes
      • Toolbar
        • Resolved a bug that caused the application logo in the Toolbar to be clipped.
    • Mac Bug Fixes
      • Layouts
        • Resolved a bug that resulted in Table of Contents state not being preserved in saved Layouts when resource panels were situated behind other panels. Thread & Thread.
      • Bible Browser
        • Resolved a bug that caused the offline warning in Bible Browser to be illegible in Dark Mode.
      • Documents
        • Resolved a bug that resulted in the info side panel getting stuck in an always open or unopenable state when accessing the Documents menu.
      • Notes
        • Resolved a bug that inhibited dragging images into notes from certain web browsers.
      • Panels
        • Resolved a bug that resulted in the scrollbar on panels being difficult to click and drag at higher program scaling on Mac.
      • Print/Export
        • Resolved a bug that caused resource text to be illegible in print/export view in Dark Mode.
      • Resources
        • Corrected styling of play button on video resources.
      • Word Lists
        • Resolved a bug that caused alert banners in Word Lists to be illegible in Dark Mode.

Mobile

  • Android & iOS
    • We’ve updated the Logos icon, splash screen and colors to reflect our new Logos brand.
    • We’ve added language-specific books to the default layouts that show when initially installing the app. 
  • iOS
    • We’ve added auto-complete suggestions to the search tool. When entering a search query, auto-complete and recent searches are shown and filtered in a selectable list.
    • Fixed a crash with Text Selection on iOS versions before 15.2
    • Fixed a crash with a localized message in ISBN scanner
    • Fixed a crash with Top Bibles in a Bible Search Panel
    • Fixed an issue where Auto Complete wasn’t working in “All Search”
    • Fixed an issue with the visibility of the cursor in the sign-in screens
    • Fixed an issue with the editing of input boxes in resources
    • Fixed an issue for some Interlinear resources missing the Bible Text Only – One Verse Per Line view setting
    • Fixed a a layout issue for Link Set controls in the Resource menu for large system text sizes
    • Changed the Favorites access for unauthenticated users
  • Android
    • Added Clear button to remove Search tool history.
    • Various Search Auto-Complete improvements
    • Fixed an issue where Read Aloud was reading “St.” as “Street” instead of “Saint”
    • Fixed an issue where the checkmark wasn’t showing for selecting top bible
    • Fixed an issue where the reference box wasn’t showing initial results
    • Fixed a crash when opening the app for Chromebooks
    • Fixed an issue where some library filters were not working
    • Fixed an issue with setting top bibles when offline
    • Fixed an issue with note formatting on some devices
    • Localized Report Typo strings

Web

  • Application
    • Updated "Logos Bible Software" site name to "Logos Bible Study"
    • Changed the green default profile avatar to a blue default avatar.
    • Refreshed the blue color used in links and buttons

Logos version 25

Desktop

  • Reverse Interlinears
    • Added new means of indicating availability of reverse interlinears for applicable resources.
  • Search
    • Print functionality has been added to Bible Search.
  • Sermons
    • Updated font coloring for edited scripture text in Sermon builder.
    • Added the following fields to the info panel for Sermon Manager and Sermon Builder:
      • Number in Series
      • Tags
      • Target Duration
      • File Links
  • Bug Fixes
    • Links in the about panel link to the correct storefront based on the language set in the application.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the theme and splash screen to reuse the status of the last user when switching between accounts.
    • Resolved a bug that caused some collections to not be properly saved when running a morph search.
    • Resolved a bug that caused an extensive list of resources to show up in a person lookup from the context menu. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused Delete and Duplicate to be too close to each other in Document context menus.
    • Resolved a bug that resulted in bad data being displayed in Word By Word guides. Thread & Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused an unnecessary letter “E” to appear in the rows when setting prioritization limits in the Library.
    • Resolved a bug that caused footnote text to not paste in when copying and pasting into Notes. Thread.
    • Resolved a crash that occurred when generating and clicking HTML links in Notes. Thread.
    • Improved wording for error message that occurs when a Clause Search is unavailable. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused footnotes to be included in search results when only a partial match was present.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the autocomplete menu for Factbook Tags search to display items that don’t return results for Factbook.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the morph picker to not work in Bible inline search.
    • Resolved a bug that caused Document results to incorrectly appear under canvas when filtering by document type. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that kept search templates from executing when hitting the enter key.
    • Resolved a bug that kept illustrated search results from appearing in the right-hand column.
    • Resolved a bug that caused crossref:passagelist:=”Passage List” to ignore the match equals. Thread
    • Resolved a bug that caused Sermon builder to show a blank screen when dragging and dropping images from the Media Tool. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the RVI banner to flash when opened.
    • Resolved a bug that caused duplicate RVI purchase banners to appear.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the incorrect resource to appear in the banner when a reverse interlinear is available to purchase.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the purchase banner to not appear when a reverse interlinear license was not owned.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the RVI button to appear on cloud resource previews.
    • And more.

Mobile

  • Android & iOS
    • We’ve refreshed Saved Layouts, making it easier to create and manage your layouts (Feedback Request).
    • We added a button to close all open tabs (Feedback Request).
    • We’ve disabled the default swipe-to-highlight behavior. You can still enable this setting from resource settings.
  • iOS
    • Improved the error message when attempting to register with an email address of an existing account.
    • Fixed an issue in translation cards when selecting a single word, where the translated word wasn’t displayed
    • Fixed a crash when saving layouts
    • Fixed an issue where adding a verse to a passage list would open multiple verse pickers
    • Fixed an issue that prevented “Change Resource” to switch between different documents of the same kind (i.e. between two different passage lists)
    • Fixed an issue where navigating in Text Comparison would scroll to a different verse
    • Fixed an issue for some users where the notes visual filter might not stay enabled
    • Fixed a regression that removed the ability to delete a highlight when selected
    • Fixed an issue truncating text in Text Comparison
    • Fixed an issue showing the selection menu in Faithlife Study Bible popup articles and tabular data
    • Fixed an issue that would cause the text selection menu to sometimes not appear
  • Android
    • The loading time of Search Kinds has been improved.
    • Fixed an issue where changing a resource kept the Bible reference
    • Fixed an issue where the resource margin updated on tablets when the number of columns changed
    • Fixed an issue where the animation was lost when opening a new worksheet
    • Fixed an issue when sharing to Twitter

Web

  • Quick Action Buttons
    • Added one-click buttons to open your top commentary, study bible, bible dictionary, devotional, and Text Comparison tool.
  • Search
    • Added a basic collection picker that has three ways of filtering your search to a specific set of books.

Logos version 24


Logos version 24
Desktop
  • Favorites
    • Website title will appear as the name for URL Favorites.
    • Count is displayed for number of items that will open when “Open All” is selected from the menu.
    • Updated cursor preview for drag and drop actions.
    • All subfolders will be opened when a folder is dragged and dropped outside of the Favorites panel.
  • Search
    • Morph Picker selections appear in alphabetical order.
    • Morph Picker popup triggers in Bible Search kind when typing ‘@’ or the prefix for a morph data type reference.
    • Improvements to speed of milestone searches across large libraries.
    • Improvements to speed of reference range searches.
    • Improvements to speed of milestone searches with reference supersets.
  • Sermons
    • Updated styling for Media Tool buttons.
    • Improvements to applying custom backgrounds to slides.
    • Content is preserved when editing slide backgrounds.
  • UI/UX Changes
    • Updated wording for features section in the About panel.
  • Windows-only
    • Added IME support on Windows for resource panel, workflow panel, and various additional areas where IME was previously unsupported.
  • Many Bug Fixes
    • Resolved a bug that caused BibTex citation style to incorrectly import into Zotero.
    • Resolved a bug that caused areas of Clippings documents to be unlocalized.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the ALT+D/OPT+CMD+L keyboard shortcut to not open the command box. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the loading indicator to be missing from the Factbook Tags section in the Factbook panel.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the Factbook tag tooltip to show duplicate results for Dataset and user-generated tags.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the Add Factbook Tags option to appear in the context menu for Personal Books.
    • Resolved a bug that caused deleted Factbook tags to still show up in the Factbook Tags section. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the Undo popup to cut off at certain panel widths.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the website icon to be lost when adding URL Favorites. Thread.
    • Improved loading times for Favorites icons.
    • Resolved a bug that caused certain color names in the highlight tool to be unlocalized.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the Church History Ontology dataset to appear in Add to Library.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the note indicator to show at the start of a chapter when a note was added to a specific verse. Thread, Thread, & Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused the note indicator to show at the start of a chapter when a note was added to a specific verse in Bibles.
    • Resolved a bug that resulted in trailing punctuation causing autocomplete to generate invalid queries.
    • Resolved a bug that caused previously deleted resources to not index when redownloaded. Thread.
    • Resolved a bug that caused an infinite loading bar in grouped view when viewing results for a book that is currently being indexed.
    • Resolved a bug that caused field.root: queries to lose localization when selected from the autocomplete menu.
    • Resolved a bug that caused a syncing error when saving a search from a passage guide connected to a large collection.
    • Resolved a bug that caused menus to disappear when attempting to interact via touch.
    • And more.

Mobile
  • Android & iOS
    • Extended support for Factbook cards with additional card types and Factbook tags.
  • Many Bug Fixes
    • Resolved an issue where invoking a Bible Word Study from a Word Info card opened the wrong lemma
    • Resolved a bug that would prevent starting a reading plan from within a resource
    • Resolved an issue where the reference box was not being updated correctly
    • Resolved an issue when minimizing or switching apps caused changes in the location within a book
    • Resolved an issue with opening the wrong panel
    • Resolved a crash when search panels were being reused
    • Resolved a crash when viewing some note anchors
    • Resolved unlocalized text
    • Resolved Text Comparison not working with Top Bibles
    • And more.

Logos version 23

Desktop
  • Factbook
    • Improved quality of Key Article Sections for author pages.
    • Increased number of resources that return results for the Key Article section.
  • Notes
    • Added support for Shift+Enter within a list.
  • Search
    • Improvements to parsing queries with large numbers of terms.
    • Added support for exact matching with passagelist keywords.
    • Added support for stacking textual field keywords with passagelist keywords.
    • Terms that follow match in the match.xyz: search query will be checked for typos.
  • Splash Screens
    • Application build month and year have been added to the Splash Screen.
  • UI Changes
    • Sermons
      • Renamed “Publish” button to “Export”.
    • Panel tabs
      • Dragging multiple panels now shows a count. (Shift+click to select and drag a full stack of panel tabs.)
    • Favorites
      • Updated styling for multi-item drag preview.
    • Many Bug Fixes
      • Audio resource crash
      • Crash when pasting rich text into a note.
      • Crash when copying the URL for a Book Search when all result sections were collapsed.
      • The indexer caused the latter half of multi word search hits to be treated as separate hit counts when searching for lemmas in translations with reverse interlinears.
      • Non-Greek text in Greek resources were not translatable.
      • Duplicate Factbook Tags to appearing in the context menu
      • And many more fixes!

Mobile
  • Android & iOS
    • Ability to add Print Books to your Print Library by manually enter the ISBN and by adding in your Library

Logos version 22

Desktop
  • Search Improvements
    • Bible results in Passage View can now be exported to a spreadsheet.
    • New Search panels initialize to last used search settings
    • Updated search result groups to infinitely scroll.
    • Added new ways to group results in books search
    • Added Print Library and Cloud resources to the collections picker in Books Search.
    • Print/Export is now available in Bible and Morph searches
  • Favorites
    • Added an option to undo a deleted item.
    • Added the ability to create duplicate Favorites.
    • Added the ability to create a copy of a Favorites item from dragging and dropping while holding the Control key on Windows or Options key on Mac.
  • Splash Screen
    • Updated splash screens to reflect the owned feature set and program version number.
  • Version number
    • Updated the application versioning scheme. Thread.
  • UI Improvements
    • Renamed “Local Books” to “Downloaded Books” in collection picker.
    • Renamed “All Resources” to “All Books” in Morph Search.
    • Improvements to drop shadow styling in the Windows application.

Mobile
  • Android & iOS
    • Performance improvements for reference detection.
  • iOS
    • VoiceOver now works in the selection menu.
  • Android
    • Report Typo feature has been added back into the selection menu