bug: can't shorten layout stretch
yes another bug: I can't shorten the "layout stretch" of a measure except by .1 to .90, ecen though the handbook says I can shorten it. I can't. I don't want too many pages for my score. I want some measures to take less space.
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That's very interesting, but no-one can help you or fix any bug if you don't supply more information. The score you are working on and the precise actions you take which result in the problem would allow people to comment helpfully.
In reply to That's very interesting, but by Jon Foote
I could add less stretch by going to layout-- add less stretch. I need to select the measure first though. What happens is that the notes end up being moved so they overlap other measures, and the last bar is placed beyond the staff (barline moves to wrong place). My question though was a general one, not specific to my score. If I click on a measure, and then on measure properties in the dialog box, it brings up a box in which I can change the "layout stretch." But it does not allow a smaller stretch than .90. That was my complaint. I can also go to layout-- reset stretch, as someone explained on this thread: http://musescore.org/en/node/15676
I guess that eliminates any changes I made throughout the score and returns the measure lengths to what the program decides.
In reply to I could add less stretch by by eameece
To be honest, I have no idea how the layout stretch setting in measure properties works - I've never used it directly. I do all my stretching via layout>add more/less stretch (more particularly, the keyboard shortcuts). And you can increase or decrease to absolutely absurd amounts that way. It does seem that while each increase or decrease via the layout menu translates into a change in stretch setting of 0.10, the dialog doesn't display a value below 0.90 no matter how much you decrease stretch. I assume that's a bug.
Reset stretch does indeed work on the entire score. I wish it worked on just a selection. However, it does appear that setting the stretch setting of any relevant measures to 1.00 (in measure properties) does restore them to "normal", even if you've increased or decreased stretch to absurd levels, even if the actual stretch is way less than the 0.90 that is being displayed in the dialog.