Scroll Bars
It would be convenient to provide scoll bars on the displayed score. There are times when this would be the easiest way to navigate. (Or, am I missing something?)
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Could be you are missing something indeed. MuseScore provides many ways to navigate that are at least as useful as scroll bars but without tying up valuable screen space. Most importantly, mouse scroll wheel (or equivalent touch gesture, such as two-finger swipe, with or without Shift), but also the standard Page Up/Down keys (Fn+Up/Down for most keyboards that lack dedicated keys for this), also Home/End, also Ctrl+F, also the Timeline and Navigator on the View menu.
In reply to Could be you are missing… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for taking the time to comment, and for citing the alternatives to scroll bars (or sliders). However, one feature of scroll bars, and one of the reasons they take up room, is that the show you where you are in the score, relative to its boundaries. This, in my opinion, a useful property which is missing from methods which simply move you from your current location to another one.
In reply to Thanks for taking the time… by chasbo
True, but that is why there is the Navigator and the Timeline, which give you that info and much more.
In reply to True, but that is why there… by Marc Sabatella
I guess we're into personal preferences here. Some notation programs do use scroll bars, and I guess it's a developers choice to support them. The Timeline uses much more display space than scroll bars. Maybe one option would be to provide an unobtrusive (optional) horizontal and vertical scale at the right and bottom edge with markers.
In reply to I guess we're into personal… by chasbo
If preferred, or for certain circumstances, you can collaspse meta rows by moving the mouse over the "Measures" row.
An arrow Up appears, on which you click. The effect is immediate. Then, resize as usual with the handle and move down with the mouse.
In reply to If preferred, or for certain… by cadiz1
Thanks for the additional info. The issue with the scroll bars seems to be settled. Browsing through past postings, I see that a number of users have voiced their interest in supporting them, and the developers have chosen not to. But the forums also highlight a need for better or more accessible documentation. I wonder if there is a good way to organize all the details and capabilities of MuseScore which are hard to uncover in the existing manual. Maybe something like a comprehensive glossary which contains links to existing topics and discussions.