Save highlight?

arspr · 11-05-2014, 04:37 PM

Hey guys, one question I've delayed asking for ages...

What does "save highlight" do?

I mean when you long press over a word or group of words (long-press + drag) you get the context menu where you can "Highlight".

But then if you again long press over a previously highlighted word you can get two options: either "Remove highlight", (obviously) or "Save highlight".

And I don't know:

When each of them appear. It seems fully random to me.
What "Save highlight" does.

Any answers, please...

davidfor · 11-05-2014, 09:34 PM

I have seen that occasionally as well.

If you reselect a highlight again, you should get "Remove highlight" and "Add note". But, if you adjust the highlight (grab the handles and move them), you should get the "Save highlight" option to save the change.

My guess is that there is a circumstance where it calculates the selected text and gets it wrong for comparison to the original. I think that is most likely to occur for multi-word selections or of it goes across tags. I haven't paid enough attention to this to come up with a pattern.

11-05-2014, 04:37 PM	#1
arspr Dead account. Bye Posts: 587 Karma: 668244 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: none	Save highlight? Hey guys, one question I've delayed asking for ages... What does "save highlight" do? I mean when you long press over a word or group of words (long-press + drag) you get the context menu where you can "Highlight". But then if you again long press over a previously highlighted word you can get two options: either "Remove highlight", (obviously) or "Save highlight". And I don't know: When each of them appear. It seems fully random to me. What "Save highlight" does. Any answers, please...

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11-05-2014, 09:34 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I have seen that occasionally as well. If you reselect a highlight again, you should get "Remove highlight" and "Add note". But, if you adjust the highlight (grab the handles and move them), you should get the "Save highlight" option to save the change. My guess is that there is a circumstance where it calculates the selected text and gets it wrong for comparison to the original. I think that is most likely to occur for multi-word selections or of it goes across tags. I haven't paid enough attention to this to come up with a pattern.

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