Keyboard shortcuts have stopped working
Hi! I downloaded MuseScore a few days ago and I have been using the keyboard shortcuts as described in the manual with no problems, but today the keyboard shortcuts are no longer working and I cannot figure out why. If I go into note entry mode and press a number for note duration or a letter that corresponds to a note, the program starts cycling between different note durations. If I keep pressing letters or numbers, the program skips to a different measure and makes changes to the rests.
I have checked under Preferences to see if the shortcuts somehow got changed, but they are the same as before. I tried resetting Preferences to default, just in case, and that didn't help.
I am using MuseScore 1.0 (revision 3996) with Windows 7.
Does anyone know what might be going on here?
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I had a similar problem to this. What have you done to try and make it work, besides trying to reset the preferences?
In reply to I had a similar problem to by Cortney M
Aside from restarting the program, which didn't work, I don't know what else to do. I also tried creating a new score, in case it was just that one file, but the shortcuts don't work in the new file either.
Did you find anything that worked for this problem?
In reply to Aside from restarting the by Zdenka
Does your keyboard work everywhere else?
I don't exactly remember what I did to make it work again, but if you tell me what you did before your keyboard quit working, I might be able to reproduce your keyboard problem and find a solution.
In reply to Does your keyboard work by Cortney M
Yes, my keyboard works in other applications just fine. I've also noticed that when I restart MuseScore, the keyboard shortcuts work for one note and then stop working again.
Unfortunately, I don't know what I did. I was entering notes normally. I suppose I could have pressed some other key by accident.
In reply to Yes, my keyboard works in by Zdenka
caps lock?
In reply to Check your by xavierjazz
Caps lock is off. And the shortcuts with number keys aren't working either.
In reply to Yes, my keyboard works in by Zdenka
You could try to redownload MuseScore.
What I did when my keyboard quit working I had redid the thing that I did before it quit working and it started working again.
In reply to You could try to redownload by Cortney M
Yeah, that's what I was thinking -- that I'll have to uninstall and reinstall the program. Hopefully that will take care of the problem, at least.
In reply to You could try to redownload by Cortney M
No good -- I uninstalled the program, re-downloaded and reinstalled, and the exact same problem occurred -- the shortcuts worked for exactly one note and then stopped working again. That's kind of upsetting, because the program loses a lot of its functionality without the keyboard shortcuts.
I was surprised that the program, when I opened it after reinstalling, remembered the changes I had made to the preferences -- but apparently whatever setting is keeping me from using the shortcuts was saved too. This is getting really frustrating.
In reply to No good -- I uninstalled the by Zdenka
You can try to delete the program after uninstalling it (don't worry, you will keep your music) and maybe that will forget the changes you made to your preferences.
In reply to You can try to delete the by Cortney M
I don't think the preferences are the issue, since I already tried resetting the preferences to default and that did not solve the problem. Also, when I check the shortcuts settings, they are the way they should be -- they just don't actually work.
I'm not very computer-savvy, so please forgive me for being confused. I thought that uninstalling a program did delete it . . .? And is deleting it in addition to uninstalling/reinstalling likely to help at all?
What was the specific thing you did that made your keyboard work again?
In reply to I don't think the preferences by Zdenka
Haha it's ok for not being computer-smart...I'm not that good either. I know just the basics. But any way, what I did was re-open the thing that I did before my keyboard quit working, but I really don't remember what I had opened. But I had re opened it and changed something....I don't remember what but it made my keyboard work again.
In reply to Haha it's ok for not being by Cortney M
Since the keyboard shortcuts worked for you initially then there is a good chance that Reverting to factory settings will fix the problem (instructions are in the handbook).
By the way, uninstalling and reinstalling MuseScore does not remove preferences. Only reverting to factory settings will.
In reply to Since the keyboard shortcuts by David Bolton
I've mentioned this before, but shouldn't we be requesting that the users save the pref(s) files, so that they can be uploaded for examination if a reset solves the problem? It seems to me that so many issues, strange and not, are solved with a reset. This means some corruption or bad setting data must be creeping into the prefs. These bugs should be fixed instead of just deleting the files and restarting without retaining the evidence.
In reply to Checking the preference files by schepers
I am happy to do that if it is useful. Where do I find the pref files?
In reply to I am happy to do that if it by Zdenka
The location depends on what OS. I know where the musescore.ini file is for MS v1.0 under Win7, it's different for XP, Mac and Linux. There are also other "pref" files that MS uses, but I don't recall where they are. I suspect someone else will have to chime in on where the other files are, under different OS's, and if they might be necessary or useful to keep for upload.
In reply to Since the keyboard shortcuts by David Bolton
Thank you -- I hope that will work.
Is this process different from going into Preferences and clicking "reset to default"? Because I tried that before the uninstall/reinstall.
guys, click 'add comment' not 'reply'
Oh and at the keyboard shortcuts: It happens to me almost all the time with GTK Radiant on this computer, but totally works on other computers. I think your just unlucky that ur Muse shortcuts don't work. Ah well, back to the mouse and button stuff.
In reply to guys, click 'add comment' not by ZdrytchX
If you can't say anything helpful, please don't comment. Thank you.
In reply to guys, click 'add comment' not by ZdrytchX
"guys, click 'add comment' not 'reply'"
Why? This is a threaded forum. "Reply"ing to a relevant portion of a sub-thread is the proper way to follow the conversation. You may certainly click "add new comment" to start a new comment or thought, but please use the "reply" button on a particular posting so your response is in order in the proper sub-thread.
In reply to guys, click 'add comment' not by ZdrytchX
to ViruS,
uh, dude, your'e supposed to click "reply". that's why its there. unless you have something totally different to say.
Probably because he prefers a standard linear view - I do too.
If I'm replying to anything on other forums, I tend to use quote.