Text objects: "Ctrl + space" character behaves differently to other characters

• Jan 30, 2020 - 18:16
Reported version
3.4
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.4.1.9660, revision: 20414b2

Applies to all MS 3 versions.

  1. Open the attached MS file and add a space character to the first note in measure 2 (using Ctrl + space). Then exit.
    Result: You cannot select the space by clicking on it directly, but it is still there, and can be accessed from an adjacent syllable in lyric edit mode.
  2. Select a lyric syllable and use it to set a frame, then press "Set as style".
    Result: The invisible space is revealed and can now be deleted directly.
  3. Undo the frame from the style, and apply an underline instead, then "set as style".
    Result: Unexpectedly, the underline is not applied to the space, so it remains invisible.

Suggestion: Ensure that spaces within lyric syllable have the same properties as other characters.

Attachment Size
ctrl_plus_space.mscz 5.28 KB

Comments

• Feb 7, 2020 - 11:20
Title Lyrics: "Ctrl + space" character behaves differently to other characters ⇒ Text objects: "Ctrl + space" character behaves differently to other characters

Seems to apply to all text objects.

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• Apr 13, 2020 - 02:50
Workaround No ⇒ Yes

One can select the space created in step 1. easily:
First double click the syllabe to enter edit mode, then select the space by either double clicking on it or by using the Keyboard (=position cursor, hold down shift and use arrow keys to select).

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