Choose voice colors and make them global
Please, consider a way for us to choose our own voice colors. Also, to have those colors show at all times, in all documents, whether selected or not, rather than needing a plugin.
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Edit / Preferences / Advanced has settings for the default colors for Voice 1, 2, 3, and 4.
In reply to Edit / Preferences /… by TheHutch
But that is only while you are inserting or editing. I would like the notes to stay in their color, even when deselected.
In reply to But that is only while you… by mikey12045
Use a plugin.
https://musescore.org/en/project/color-notes-each-voice
In reply to Use a plugin. by yonah_ag
The plug in only works when you apply it to entered notes. I want a setting that will show the colors at all times.
(Unless I'm using it wrong! If I am, please help.)
In reply to The plug in only works when… by mikey12045
Such a thing doesn't exist.
In reply to Such a thing doesn't exist. by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, there certainly should be!
In reply to The plug in only works when… by mikey12045
There was a notenames-interactive in Mu3, using the methods of that plugin might work to get a colorvoices-interactive
In reply to The plug in only works when… by mikey12045
You could make use of the onScoreStateChanged signal. It can be a bit temperamental but generally works. You should leave the plugin open during a Musescore editing session or you will get multiple instances of this signal triggering.
https://musescore.github.io/MuseScore_PluginAPI_Docs/plugins/html/class…
In reply to You could make use of the… by yonah_ag
That's what I mean, this is IIRC what notenames-interactive uses
Try this on part of a multi-voice section of a score. There is no plugin, or way to permanently change the voice color of voices before you input them. I know you'd rather not, but it can be done after the fact.
Select a note in voice 1. Right click and Select>More>Same voice and Same staff. Open Properties. in Appearance scroll down to the black bar. This is the note display color, set to black right now. Select the bar and then the display color you want. OK. Click on a blank spot and the notes in that voice will show in the chosen color. And will stay that way. even if saved and re-opened.
If you don't see the black bar, hit Appearance again.
In reply to Try this on part of a multi… by bobjp
Well, there is a way, see above
In reply to Well, there __is_ a way, see… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes, but the plugin doesn't let you choose any color.
In reply to Yes, but the plugin doesn't… by bobjp
Of course it does
In reply to Yes, but the plugin doesn't… by bobjp
It may also be possible to use the QML ColorDialog component in a plugin to provide a colour picker.
See https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-dialogs-colordialog.html
but you can already edit the colour notes plugin to set any 4 colours that you want. I guess that once a user has chosen their preference, it won't change often so a colour picker is a bit extravagant.
In reply to Try this on part of a multi… by bobjp
Voice colours can be pre-defined and used with the onScoreStateChanged signal in a plugin to set these colours automatically in real time.
https://musescore.github.io/MuseScore_PluginAPI_Docs/plugins/html/class…
In reply to Voice colour can be pre… by yonah_ag
Way out of my pay grade!
This is a general issue. You have all of these style options for notes, stems, flags/beams, yet for some reason the ONLY one of them that can be set globally under Style>Notes is "Flag style", "Traditional" or "Straight". That's it. It boggles my mind.
It should be something like see attached image. Maybe one day...
In reply to This is a general issue. You… by 23powerz
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