Can't hide courtesy key signature if key changes to C major / A minor

• Oct 30, 2020 - 12:29
Reported version
3.5
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project

OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.5.2.311459983, revision: 465e7b6

See attached score. In measure 9, since the change is to no key signature (C major etc.), there is no right-click menu from which to hide the courtesy key sig.

Attachment Size
hide_courtesy_key_sig.mscz 6.78 KB

Comments

Indeed, as there's nothing (no key sig) to select, and the corresponding inspector for the courtesy key sig doesn't allow for that setting (hint: this is where it should get fixed then)

Workaround No Yes

Since this is a key change, there is an actual key signature to select, just nothing to click on. So instead, try Alt+Right starting from the clef.

Note, though, that hiding a courtesy key change to C major would normally be disastrous in performance - there is an almost 0% chance musicians would notice the change. If on the other hand this is an exercise sheet with each line in a different key, then no need to hide courtesy signatures individually, just turn them off altogether in Format / Style / Page. Or add section breaks at the end of each exercise, which has other benefits too.

And also, (2 yrs late, I know) you can choose format >style>page and not choose there to create courtesy key signatures. Same goes with time signatures and so on.