Deleting a Highlight

With 4.0 I can not figure out how to delete a highlight. When I open the previous highlight there is what looks like a trash can but clicking on it appears to not do anything. Any suggestions?

Do you have multiple highlights on top of each other? If that happens, you may need to tap and delete multiple times.

I've done that multiple times with no result. I highlight the passage I want to delete then tap on the highlight icon then tap the trash can on the far right. Nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong?

If you see a highlight icon, it means you held your finger on the word or words too long, and the app thinks you want to create a new highlight. If you quickly tap (without resting your finger too long), you should see a different list of menu options (no highlight option), and from there you can tap delete. Long-pressing creates a new selection/highlight, while quick-tapping selects a highlight for editing.

If I try to edit/delete a highlight that does NOT have any note, cross reference, etc, I don't get any pop up menu, so I can't delete, change or edit.

"if you see a highlight icon, it means you held your finger on the word or words too long, and the app thinks you want to create a new highlight. If you quickly tap (without resting your finger too long), you should see a different list of menu options (no highlight option), and from there you can tap delete. Long-pressing creates a new selection/highlight, while quick-tapping selects a highlight for editing."

I read this suggestion but simply can't get it to work. A quick tap yields nothing. anything longer yields the usual selection menu with no option to delete.

This is my experience: make a selection and hilite--works no problem. If I delete right away (before unselecting) I can delete. If I deselect, then no option for deleting.

Am I doing something wrong?

Phil

It's hard to visualize exactly what you're seeing, but my recommendation would be to sit down with someone in your ward who is experienced with Gospel Library and compare his steps to highlight or delete highlights with what you're doing. Maybe you could try highlighting on his device to see if something with your device is different and causing problems. I'm sorry I can't help more at a distance!

Actually I've been able to delete now

Seems to take some skill. Remember that I'm talking about deleting unselected hilites.

I just keep tapping. One tap doesn't do it.

Then I click on arrow to scroll to next screen

I've been using this app since v1.

For me, the best features are hiliting any text, and bi-directional linking.

Love the app!!

Thx

I agree that being able to select an area that has already been highlighted is a very unpredictable experience. Occasionally (not very often) one tap will bring up the appropriate dialog box. Also occasionally a double click will do it. More often I randomly tap (often not so gently in frustration) and the dialog box will come up or I will give up.
I am using an iPad model A1458, running version 10.2 (14C92)

I have a new iPad. One quick tap on a hilite brings up The appropriate menu for me. However I also have an old iPhone and it is very frustrating for me to be able to find the delete icon. Fortunately I don't have to do it too often.

On v 4.0.5 I learned that to delete a highlight or text underline I had to single tap on said text once, not select it, then any formatting you've done will appear, select the one you want to delete and then you'll gat the trash icon option which will delete the formatting

(To remove a highlight) lightly tap do not hold down the little square at the right across from the highlight one or several little boxes will appear. Each box represents a Highlight. You must press remove and it will remove one box. You must do this same process over and over until all boxes are removed, at that time the highlight will also be removed.

anneafriend wrote:(To remove a highlight) lightly tap do not hold down the little square at the right across from the highlight one or several little boxes will appear. Each box represents a Highlight. You must press remove and it will remove one box. You must do this same process over and over until all boxes are removed, at that time the highlight will also be removed.

I think these instructions apply to Gospel Library 3.x for Android. There are no boxes to the right on Gospel Library 4 (iOS or Android).

The quick tap worked for me. When I quick tapped it, it came up with a different menu and I was able to delete the highlight. However, I do have a Samsung Galaxy S8, so I don't know if that would affect your ability to do it or not. Thanks though whoever posted that suggestion!

The method for removing highlighting is not intuitive. A better method needs to be devised.

Here it is Nov 2019 and still having glitches with undo hilighting! Could an update be to show delete withOUT having to pick highlighter again? The church should have best not clunckiest software! Very frustrated. I have been forced to use church scriptures because the program I had been using no,longer works on iPhone 11 and wiped all my highlights and tags when went to open the program!

Simple highlighting and/or removal of it, shouldn't be this difficult.
This has been an ongoing issue for a loooong time.
I've given up trying to highlight/underline stuff Pres. Nelson has asked us to do because it's so frustrating.
I have organized my scriptures under topics with different colors, but it's currently still a mess because I can't fix it!
I've wasted so much time on this.
I never have any trouble highlighting anywhere, except on the Church site.
In this respect, I feel we are still way back in the dark ages.
Why?
It just shouldn't be.
It's wrong!

I have multiple editings of the same phrase how I improve since it was updated so it wouldn't show up. I don't what when you on windows laptop.