Add keyboard shortcut for dynamics
Reported version
3.1
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
duplicate
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
Add a keyboard shortcut (such as Ctrl + D) to input dynamics under the currently select note or the first note of the current selection. This would allow users to avoid using menus or drag-and-drop or mouse clicks to add elements, as some might prefer to do all engraving using keyboard input.
Discussion link: https://musescore.org/en/node/289996#comment-923394
Comments
See https://musescore.org/en/user/2070710/blog/2019/05/18/gsoc-2019-palette… for plans concerning this. This is probably also a duplicate but I don't feel like looking tonight.
In reply to See https://musescore.org/en… by mike320
That's a really cool project but I am not sure that constitutes a duplicate. Accessing the palette categories, elements, search bar, etc. with keyboard would be really cool, but I still think that a dedicated shortcut for adding dynamics is very important.
The project isn't the duplicate, I think this has been ask for in the issue tracker before. That would make this a duplicate if I remember correctly.
In reply to The project isn't the… by mike320
My apologies, you are right. This is either a duplicate or very close to these two issues:
https://musescore.org/en/node/9357
https://musescore.org/en/node/113696
You are correct. Duplicate of #9357: request shortcuts for individual dynamic (& other) markings. Partly because it was the first one listed and partly because the other one had other items included.
The idea of allowing more keyboard control has certainly been around a while, but as far as specific ways this could be implemented, there are really several different ideas being discussed, worthy of keeping in separate issues:
1) the general ability to assign a custom shortcut to any palette element - see for example #273051: Keyboard shortcuts for palette objects
2) a specific feature where all palette elements would get automatic keybaord shortcuts based on position on the palette - see for example #9357: request shortcuts for individual dynamic (& other) markings
3) an even more specific feature for dynamics in partiuclar, a new keyboard shortcut to enter a new empty dynamic marking in the score and place it in edit mode ready to type, much like Ctrl+T for staff text or Ctrl+L for lyrics - that's how I see this particular issue
4) other ideas for keyboard-based palette navigation, more for accessibility than for efficiency per se
The handbook https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/dynamics states:
Special character shortcuts can be used to add the following symbols:
Ctrl+Shift+P (Mac: Cmd+Shift+P): Piano p.
Ctrl+Shift+F (Mac: Cmd+Shift+F): Forte f.
Ctrl+Shift+M (Mac: Cmd+Shift+M): Mezzo m.
Ctrl+Shift+R (Mac: Cmd+Shift+R): Rinforzando r.
Ctrl+Shift+S: Sforzando s.
Ctrl+Shift+N (Mac: Cmd+Shift+N): Niente n.
Ctrl+Shift+Z (Mac: Cmd+Shift+Z): Z z.
But these only seem to work while actually editing a dynamic, surely there's way to set up a shortcut key for adding one outside of element edit mode? With a plugin maybe?
Still a duplicate...
try this plugin