SwordSearcher Deluxe Ed Ver 9.0 Windows Bible Software Study
Lamp
Dark mode interface
option added!
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With a click of one button, you
can switch between light and dark color
modes.
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The new dark mode has been
requested by many SwordSearcher users and is a big help in reducing certain
kinds of eye strain or when using SwordSearcher in a dark environment.
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Your personal color settings for
text and text backgrounds are maintained on a per-color-mode basis, so you can
easily switch between light and dark modes, using your preferred colors for
each setting on the fly.
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To go along with the new dark
mode, the Word Cloud Generator and Word Trees tools have a new color theme
option: River. This new color option works in either light or
dark mode but is especially well-suited for dark mode.
New modules:
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The Works
of B. H. Carroll [CarrollWks], 14 volume
set. A single module with 14 books containing works of Benajah Harvey Carroll,
First President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Commentary Unabridged [JFBu], 3-volume edition
of the JFB commentary with about twice as much content as the single-volume
edition that is in the JFB module. (Note this new module is JFBu, and the
previous JFB module is still included.) Most of the additional (unabridged)
content is in the Old Testament.
New layout system functionality based on user
requests:
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The layout/docking system has
had some core parts of it redesigned so that sizing and docking layout panels
requires a lot less "hand holding" by the user. Making custom layouts
and moving panels around is now more intuitive and faster.
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Resizing SwordSearcher will
proportionally resize all of the panels inside.
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For custom layouts, when
re-docking panels to new locations, the "sibling" panels are all
evenly divided inside the container automatically. They can then be sized
manually if desired.
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All of your previously
configured custom layouts will continue to work with the new system!
Windows 11 support.
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Several windows, menus, and
controls have been updated so that they work properly in Microsoft Windows 11.
(Windows 8 and 10 are still supported, too!)
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Enhanced support for the new
Windows 11 window snapping system.
Improved windowing system for SwordSearcher tool
windows:
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Top-level windows like the Topic
Guide, Passage Analyses Tool, English-Strong's Indexer, etc., now appear along
with SwordSearcher's main icon on the task bar, and participate in Windows
task-switching when they are open.
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You can use Alt+Tab to switch
between open SwordSearcher tool windows along with other applications in
Windows.
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All SwordSearcher top-level tool
windows can be "snapped" to the sides of monitors, etc. This works in
Windows 10 Snap Assist, and especially well with the new Windows 11 Snap
functionality accessible from the maximize icon on these windows.
New Clone Panel windowing:
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The previous Clone Panel system
(for creating new Bible, Book, and Commentary text displays) has been extended
to use top-level windows that participate in Alt+Tab task switching and the
Windows Snap functionality, and can be maximized or minimized.
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Although these clone panels are
not "dockable" panels, the previous clone panel system with dockable
panels can be selected if you prefer that. The setting is in File, Preferences,
Layout Options.
Other improvements:
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Added "Open in clone Bible
panel" option to the main search box, when entering a verse reference.
This makes it very easy to open a new verse in a separate Bible panel (without
changing the active Bible verse) and view its entire chapter context.
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Added "Open in clone
panel" right-click option in the Topic and Verse Guides. This way you can
open a book or commentary entry in a new window without changing your active
book or commentary panel.
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The Verse Auto-Paste feature,
which is invoked with Ctrl+Alt+V when using a different application, no longer
forces SwordSearcher to become the top-most window. Many users requested this
to make inserting verses into other applications more seamless.
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Bible highlighting improvements:
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Improved legibility of
red-letter text over highlights.
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Underlines and background
highlights are now contrasted with space between them.
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Highlight colors are
automatically dimmed in dark mode so that they are not overpowering.
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Fixed certain Windows settings
causing text display in SwordSearcher to ignore user color options.
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Printing text panel content no
longer includes the primary background color in the output.
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Bible panels reload much faster
and with less "flicker" after applying a highlight or saving a user
entry edit.
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Fixed some issues with windows
staying on top of other applications when SwordSearcher is not the active
application.
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The integrated help system has
been modernized to make it easier to read and use.
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Improved back/forward navigation
for Bible, Book, and Commentary panels to better maintain the scroll position
of the text.
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Significant speed improvements
for resizing panels with a large number of open library tabs.
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Improved search result panel
captions to be more concise (so their tabs take up less space).
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Library tabs in "single
row" display mode can be scrolled with the mouse wheel.
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Several "look and
feel" improvements with controls like scroll bars and various buttons to
improve consistency and give a more aesthetically cohesive experience.
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Many more usability enhancements
and bug fixes.