Entering flat and natural in text mode - why so small?
Just tried this (seeing it in the text mode documentation post just posted). Entering cmd-shift B enters a little subscript flat. I've never seen an accidental referenced that way in text about music. Ditto cmd-shift-h for natural. I'd love to have the full-size accidentals without needing to open the operating system special characters dialog.
OS: macOS Mojave (10.14), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.1.0.22425, revision: e26f7c4
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I guess those shortcuts pick on the wrong symbols, there are 2 different sets of those accidentals, check the F2 palette while in text entrymode. I guess we should be using the Unicode versions, not the Musical Text SMuFL ones?
In reply to I guess those shortcuts pick… by Jojo-Schmitz
Can we fix it? A keyboard shortcut for these would help me tremendously.
In reply to Can we fix it? A keyboard… by [DELETED] 1831606
Not sure where those shortcuts are defined? I only find ones for note entry, but none for text entry?
In reply to Not sure where that shortcut… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't know where in the code, but I saw it advertised here: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/text-editing
In reply to I don't know where in the… by [DELETED] 1831606
It is not amongst those you can set yourself.
Ah, found it: ibmscore/textedit.cpp, lines 346-354, and indeed it does add the SMuFL symbols rather than the Unicode ones.
I have code working now for flat and natural, but not for sharp, it just prints a regular #, But it did that before my change too, guess my German QWERTZ keyboard is the culprit.
I'm not really sure we should make that change though. Those big Uunicode symbols have been added to the F2 palette, before those small SMuFL one, because they align better with text, and can be taken from there, but then they won't align with those other symbols we have shortcuts for
In reply to It is not amongst those you… by Jojo-Schmitz
Such as? It is quite useless the way it is now.
In reply to It is not amongst those you… by Jojo-Schmitz
The Unicode ones were added to the F2 palette about a year ago becuase the SMuFL ones in staff text looked stupid. I never knew about the shortcut.
In reply to The Unicode ones were added… by mike320
Added by me IIRC ;-), (the F2 sysmbols, not the shortcuts)
In reply to Added by me IIRC ;-) by Jojo-Schmitz
I didn't know about them until today. But I never use F2, and, having tried it, it's not so bad, but it'd be better if the accelerators were relieved of their uselessness.
In reply to I didn't know about them… by [DELETED] 1831606
See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/5136
In reply to See https://github.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks!
In reply to See https://github.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
PR just got merged
In reply to PR just got merged by Jojo-Schmitz
MS is getting better faster than I can follow it!