Bracket change not saved
I have trouble to change brackets as being described here https://musescore.org/en/handbook/bracket
As an example, I create a new partition based on template "Classical Orchestra".
This partition contains several instruments being logically grouped by various brackets. For example, the first bracket spans "Flutes, Oboes, .. , Bassoons".
Suppose I'm unhappy within grouping and I want to replace this bracket spanning four instruments with two brackets spanning two instruments each.
As described in the documentation above, I can edit the bracket and let it just span two instruments.
This works, however, when I then save my changes, the bracket spans again four instruments.
What am I doing wrong?
Musescore 2.0.3.1 - revision: 6347ed6 on macOsSierra 10.12.3
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Ok, able to answer myself:
To persist my changes, I need to *unselect* my element in question (bracket) before saving.
In reply to Ok, able to answer myself: To by whaefelinger
That shouldn't be necessary for the program to work properly, but I unselect everything before I save (as a rule).
In reply to That shouldn't be necessary by mike320
Well, for brackets I have to unselect. As long as my changed bracket is selected, it doesn't survive a "save". It is actually easy to reproduce.
In reply to Well, for brackets I have to by whaefelinger
I wasn't saying you were doing it wrong, I think MS should save it correctly even though you didn't deselect the bracket.
I just tested and it did the same thing while I was entering System Text (not save it).
I think this is probably a limitation that would be applied to anything being edited. Aong other things it does also is not allow you to undo in the middle of editing, so MS doesn't recognize the edit as complete until focus if off of the edit (by pressing escape or clicking somewhere else). I think the save command should automatically abort the edit where it is (retaining it) and save what was done until then. This is what happens in most programs I've used with items that can be edited.
In reply to Ok, able to answer myself: To by whaefelinger
If I understand correctly, it's not actually about whether the element is selected or not; it's about whether it is still in "Edit mode" or not. it's a known issue that until you exit Edit mode, changes are not committed and hence won't be saved. See #135716: Text Changes not saved if in text edit mode whilst saving. I am guessing you are seeing the same thing applied to other element types. Although for the record, I cannot reproduce this, maybe it has something to do with your particular score or your particular bracket type or how you are doing the edit. A sample score and precise steps to reproduce the problem would be helpful in investigating further.
And yes, I agree the solution is probably for Save to automatically end Edit mode.
In reply to If I understand correctly, by Marc Sabatella
I didn't try it with brackets earlier, but I can't duplicate it with any of the brackets with a variety of staff and bracket combinations in 2.1 or 2.0.3