Sharp and flat missing from Special Characters dialog

• Jan 9, 2014 - 00:56
Reported version
2.1
Type
Graphical (UI)
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

The Special Characters dialog doesn't have the Sharp or Flat symbols, despite having double-sharp, double-flat etc. There are two blank buttons in the vicinity of the sharp/flat variants that may be intended for the normal ones.

Steps to reproduce:
Add any text (e.g. staff text).
Attempt to write "B(flat) clarinet".
Press F2 to show special characters, for flat symbol.
Sad face.

I'm using the latest nightly build on Mac.

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• Jan 21, 2014 - 11:08
Status (old) active ⇒ fixed

It is there, but not under "Musical Symbols", instead you'd find it under "Other" and there in "Code Page" 38, along with quarter note, 8th note, 2 8th notes, 2 16th notes and natural.

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• Jan 21, 2014 - 12:59
Status (old) fixed ⇒ active

actually it would make sense to show these under "Music Symbols " too. Probably all 7 glyphs, U+2659 - U+266F, quarter note, 8th note, 2 beamed 8th notes, 2 beamed 16th notes, flat, natural and sharp.

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• Jan 21, 2014 - 23:18

Ok, I wouldn't have thought of looking on Code Page 38. I would have given up after scanning the first 36 pages ;-)
In Musescore 1.3, the first 3 symbols on the special characters palette are natural, sharp and flat. I think most musicians would agree that they deserve that prominence because they're three of the most important symbols in music. They're far more important than double-sharp and double-flat which *do* appear in the Musescore 2 dialog, so I totally agree with your 2nd comment. I'm assuming the two blank glyphs in the dialog were meant to be sharp and flat.

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