MuseScore 3
Musescore is seriously doing my head in, making a score up and trying to edit text and Chord size and height above staff and it always goes back to default when I exit!!! 😡
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Do it in 2 steps, enter the text, exit text entry and then change its size etc. Known issue...
In reply to Do it in 2 steps, enter the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks it eventually worked 👍
In reply to Thanks it eventually worked 👍 by Broddy
Also, don't fall into the trap of trying to change text attributes in the inspector; change them with the text controls at the bottom of the screen while editing the text.
In reply to Also, don't fall into the… by [DELETED] 1831606
Not sure where that's a trap, I do this all the time
In reply to Also, don't fall into the… by [DELETED] 1831606
I have been using the inspector, I don’t see anything at the bottom of the screen
In reply to I have been using the… by Broddy
When you are inside a text box editing it, the text attributes appear on a line at the bottom of the MS window, above the status line. Surely, you know it. There you can edit the attributes of individual words and letters, as well as selections such as the whole text.
In reply to I have been using the… by Broddy
It may be covered by the taskbar on a windows system. Maximize or drag the MuseScore window to see the text toolbar.
In reply to Also, don't fall into the… by [DELETED] 1831606
The text toolbar and Inspector serve entirely different purposes. Inspector is for setting the attributes of the text element as a whole. The text toolbar is for changing a few letters or words within the text. Kind of like the difference between paragraph and character formats in a word processor, sort of.
In reply to The text toolbar and… by Marc Sabatella
That clears that up --- I guess the other issue is a bug, that the inspector text attributes are not greyed out when the text editing is open, and it doesn't work when that is so: if you use the inspector when inside the text edit, its attributes change back when you close it.
In reply to That clears that up --- I… by [DELETED] 1831606
Yes, a bug indeed, but more that changes via inspector don't work while text is in edit mode, not that these are not disabled in that mode (this might be a possible fix though, but I'd rather regard it a workaround)
See #290046: Style edits made to just-created staff text are not initially accepted
In reply to Yes, a bug indeed, but more… by Jojo-Schmitz
I was bitten by it, foolishly trying to use it to change the attributes of open text and having it swat me down in this way. Seeing a change you make get reverted when you finish the edit walks and quacks like a .... bug.