Shortcut to toggle palettes buggy
I've assigned opt Q to toggle palettes. If I don't do any editing and press opt Q again to close palettes, all is fine and I can use the space bar, for example, to start playback, or any other shortcut for that matter. If I do do some editing and I press opt Q again to close palettes, none of my shortcuts work.
I've assigned opt A to toggle the mixer, and after I close it, all is fine with all my shortcuts.
It's only when I open up palettes, either with my assigned shortcut or the factory F9, that this happens.
I think it might have something to do with still being in edit mode, but I don't
see the words "edit mode" displayed at the bottom of the screen.
Any ideas?
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Actually, I just noticed that even opening palettes from the View tab creates the same problem. I have to close it, then open and close it again in order for my shortcuts to work.
In reply to Actually, I just noticed… by James Stockwell
When opening a palette, focus is deliberately placed in the search box., so it's correct that shortcuts wouldn't work. When you close it, probably we should return focus to the score automatically, but meanwhile, simply pressing Esc will do it.
In reply to When opening a palette,… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc. It seems that Esc doesn't help, but opening and closing palettes again, after I close it, does. Strange behavior.
I'm working on a piece for wind ensemble and many times the ideas just don't come, so I find myself fooling around with shortcuts, preferences, canvas color, etc. lol
Overall, Musescore 3 is great.
In reply to Thanks Marc. It seems that… by James Stockwell
Can you give us precise step by instructions to reproduce the problem you are seeing?
In reply to Can you give us precise step… by Marc Sabatella
I open palettes, either with F9 or with my assigned shortcut, which is opt. z. If I don't do anything with palettes, just close it up, then I can use all my shortcuts, including spacebar to start and stop. If, on the other hand, I do something in palettes, for example add a double bar line, and I close the palettes sidebar, my shortcuts won't work. I then need to open and close palettes again in order for my shortcuts to work.
If I'm working on my score and I open up the mixer, for example, make my adjustments, and close it, this has no effect on my shortcuts. Only palettes causes this problem.
Not such a big deal, I suppose. After I'm through with palettes, I simply close it, open and close it again, and all is fine.
In reply to I open palettes, either with… by James Stockwell
Can you be more specific still, like how you are adding the double barline, how you are closing the palette, and which specific shortcut isn't working? Here is what I tried:
1) close palette with F9
2) click a barline in my score
3) open palette with F9
4) open Barlines palette by double-clicking it
5) click double bar to add it
6) close palette with F9
7) press N
Result: MuseScore enters note input mode, as expected. I also tried using dra&drop to add from the palette, also tried Alt+Left/Right to navigate, all worked as expected. This is with 3.5 Alpha.
You say pressing Esc doesn't help - what if you simply click in the score?
In reply to Can you be more specific… by Marc Sabatella
Well, I followed your steps exactly and it worked perfectly. Then, I tried it again several times and it didn't work once. I'm on a Macbook Air 2020. I'm going to try my old pc and see how it behaves. Also, I haven't
tried restarting my mac.
Thanks for your help Marc.
In reply to Well, I followed your steps… by James Stockwell
I just tried my old pc and everything works normally. Maybe my problems with my mac are rooted in Catalina. I've had a couple of crashes with the mac and I don't recall my pc ever crashing with Musescore.
In reply to I just tried my old pc and… by James Stockwell
OK Marc. I think I figured out the problem and it's probably related to Catalina OS. I open palettes, open the barlines window, do whatever I need to do, then COLLAPSE the barlines window before pressing F9, and all shortcuts work perfectly.