Overlapping text in default title frame
In the default title frame that Musescore creates for new documents, the subtitle line overlaps with the lyricist/composer line. See the attached picture for an example where the word "overlapping" overlaps with the composer. This happens with both 3.5.2 and 3.6 RC.
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Click the frame anywhere but on the bottom. A grab box will appear at the bottom. You can drag this and the composer and lyricist stays with the bottom dotted line.
In reply to Click the frame anywhere but… by mike320
Or click the box and use the inspector to change its size
In reply to Or click the box and use the… by Jojo-Schmitz
I'm aware of how to fix it, but it just seems like a badly chosen default size for new documents. Also, I would have expected the "Enable Auto-Size" property of the frame to prevent it, but it doesn't seem to have any effect at all.
In reply to I'm aware of how to fix it,… by onebitboy
The autosize property allows frames to expand to accommodate multi-line text - like if you entered a subtitle of several lines. But it doesn't move elements around within the text.
Most subtitles wouldn't be so wide as to interfere with the composer - and of course, many if not most pieces have no subtitle at all. So to me the default positioning makes sense as it avoid taking too much space unnecessarily in the ordinary cases. But there is probably no getting around the need to shuffle things around manually in some cases.
In reply to The autosize property allows… by Marc Sabatella
A better solution would be to have two different default sizes depending on whether a subtitle is present. Right now, there's wasted space when you don't have a subtitle and not enough space when you do have one.
By the way, the auto-size property seems to be broken in 3.6 RC. It does increase the frame size when you enter multi-line text, however the frame is still much too small afterwards.
In reply to A better solution would be… by onebitboy
It indeed only works properly on a multi-line title, not in a multi-line subtitle, there it doesn't take the subtitle's offset into account? It does seem to work properly for lyricist and composer too
In reply to A better solution would be… by onebitboy
Yes, someday a sufficiently clever AI system could be developed to choose optimal font sizes for all sorts of different combinations, but as it is, again, we choose defaults that work well for the majority of cases, for the rest you can adjust manually.
Regarding the autosize, it appears to not be correctly taking the initial offset of the text into account. If you reset the position of the subtitle to Y offset 0, it seems correct. Could you submit this as a bug report to the issue teacker (see Support menu above, or Help / Report a Bug, from within MuseScore)?
In reply to Yes, someday a sufficiently… by Marc Sabatella
Done: https://musescore.org/en/node/315188
In reply to Done: https://musescore.org… by onebitboy
Better to use #315188: Auto-size property of title frame ignores offset (type [#315188])