Measure numbers at the top of Continuous View
It would be very helpful to have measure numbers float at the top of the working area when in Continuous View, much like the instrument names float at the left.
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You can turn measure numbers on and off as you like in Format->Style->Measure numbers.
In reply to You can turn measure numbers… by mike320
Yes, I have them turned on. What I think would be helpful is if they floated at the top of the working area. If you have many instruments in a score, and scroll down so you don't see the first staff, you can't see the measure numbers.
What's not clear to me is why continuous view should be special in this respect. The reason for the header at the left is that this info is normally present at the start of each system but you don't get this in continuous view.
Meanwhile, we already have the Timeline, and the status bar, that can show you more information about where you are in the score.
In reply to What's not clear to me is… by Marc Sabatella
It is quite clear though that continuous view is a special for score entry only and that it doesn't have the notion of page length.
So having crucial info like measure numbers always visible instead of hidden when scroll down makes plenty of sense.
In reply to What's not clear to me is… by Marc Sabatella
I would argue that measure numbers are info that is normally present at the top of the score. It’s the same logic.
In reply to I would argue that measure… by lhoffman3
You have a lot of control over measure numbers. You can turn them on for every staff and every measure if you like. Since there is little formatting done in continuous view it doesn't matter if you adjust their display when you are done entering the score, it will still be continuous view, so you can easily turn off or adjust measure numbers if you decide to use page view. You can even turn them blue if you want to.
To be honest, the long instrument names get in the way at times and I would be happy to turn them off, but I can't, so I adjust my canvas when they get in the way.
In reply to I would argue that measure… by lhoffman3
My point is, this isn’t a page-vs-continuous issue, it’s an issue any time you are zoomed in too far to see top of system. So if it’s worth adding, it’s potentially worth doing for all views. Except the timeline already does this, maybe better to just make that more configurable.