[Text input] Shortcuts for note durations
Shortcuts for note durations would allow changing metronome marks more easily.
What do you think about adding them?
I can think of two ways the shortcuts could be thought (I like the second one better):
- Text entry shortcut numbers equal note fractions: ctrl+shift+1 for whole notes, ctrl+shift+2 for half notes, ctrl+shift+4 for quarter notes and ctrl+shift+8 for eighth notes.
- Text entry shortcut numbers equal default shortcuts for notes in note entry: ctrl+shift+7 for whole, ctrl+shift+8 for half, etc.
Also, ctrl+shift+. for augmentation dot
Comments
For consistency I would suggest that the note durations be the same as for note entry, ctrl+shift+4 = 8th note, ctrl+shift+5 = 1/4 note and so on. These are used in other situations like advancing for chord and figured bass entry. ctrl+shift+. is a good idea for the augmentation dot.
In reply to For consistency I would… by mike320
So that second proposal. Perfect. PR created: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/6939
In reply to So that second proposal… by Asmatzaile
You should create an issue so others interested in this can follow it's progress and you can add Fix#xxxxxx to your PR title to link to the issue.
In reply to You should create an issue… by mike320
Issue created: #313613: [Text input] Shortcuts for note durations
I'd rather have those shortcuts configurable rather than hardcoded. IMHO we should restrict the hardcoded shortcuts down to the absolute minimum.
I'm wondering to what extent this might borrow from the recent (pending) work on the time signatures entry, where you enter notes by bracketing them [4] is a quarter etc..
Although I'm aware a certain "Tantacrul" would likely have a say about the unnaturalness of having to write some kind of "code" in there.
I'd also rather see this as a real shortcut than a hardcoded one (just like with the Synalepha recently) because there are those users that change the duration shortcuts, and then this set likely wouldn't be "logical" to them any longer..
In reply to I'm wondering to what extent… by jeetee
And they may conflict with other user set shortcuts, like e.g for add interval above/below
In reply to And they may conflict with… by Jojo-Schmitz
In text elements, the shortcuts are not user configuarable, like accidentals and dynamics symbols. I'm not familiar with the code, but I think it's to prevent conflicts.
In reply to In text elements, the… by mike320
Good call, text entry and note entry are indeed different things
In reply to Good call, text entry and… by Jojo-Schmitz
But you can define the shortcut action just for
STATE_TEXT_EDIT | STATE_LYRICS_EDITso that should be just fine.In reply to But you can define the… by jeetee
You can do that in the program, but the shortcut editor in preferences will not allow you to duplicate any existing shortcut in that list.
In reply to You can do that in the… by mike320
Ah yes, but I'd rather fix the shortcut editor to take into account the allowed states for the action when checking for conflicts (do we have an issue for that in the tracker?) that branding these shortcuts as hardcoded for the foreseeable future.
In reply to Ah yes, but I'd rather fix… by jeetee
I'll be happy to make an issue in the tracker concerning shortcuts. There are other problems, like plugins and others shortcuts don't know each other exist and shortcuts assigned to plugins are sometimes activated while in text entry mode. I have a list in my head and I'll double check them as I work on the issue.