Help with Copy & Paste
I am trying to rework a partially written score (treble clef melody with lyrics and two-staff piano accompaniment). There are several time signature changes in the current version and I want to see if it would work better in straight 4/4. I am using the untitled workspace for the new version and it contains only a single treble staff at this point. I click the first note of the melody, use the select all similar on the same staff option to select all the notes of the melody (they all turn blue), and choose one of the copy methods (menu or CTRL C). I then switch to the untitled workspace, click the first measure and choose one of the paste methods. Nothing happens. What am I doing wrong?
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I can reproduce, but if you select the first measure, and select the rest via Shift arrow right, it works
In reply to I can reproduce, but if you… by elsewhere
Thank you! That worked, but do you have any idea why it won't work the other way?
In reply to Thank you! That worked, but… by Hexad Tom
No. Is a bug probably...
In reply to Thank you! That worked, but… by Hexad Tom
Possibly just selecting the notes isn't enough information. Selecting measures provides pitch as well as duration.
In reply to Possibly just selecting the… by bobjp
That could be, but it still seems odd to me.
In reply to That could be, but it still… by Hexad Tom
I think it is because the select-more method produces a list selection but the other method produces a range selection. As a list selection can consist of non-consecutive notes the result of copying and pasting is not well defined (what do you do with the gaps?) and therefore I guess the easy option is to disallow it. The list selection is more useful for modifying elements rather than for moving them.
Perhaps someone with more insight into the design philosophy can confirm.
In reply to I think it is because the… by SteveBlower
There are many things about notation software that don't seem to be logical. Possibly because notation itself isn't always logical. I think some C+P confusion comes from being used to word processing. Which notation is nothing like.
In reply to I think it is because the… by SteveBlower
This is exactly it. A "list" selection - a bunch of selected elements that may or may not be contiguous - generally can't be copied/pasted. After all, what would it mean to copy a selection of one note from measure 13, another from measure 27, and another from measure 101? In order to copy/paste, you need a range selection.
In reply to That could be, but it still… by Hexad Tom
I think SteveBlower is right. Though possibly the easiest way to see the problem at ground level is to realize that "all similar elements" doesn't cover rests.