Quick selection duplication?
In Sibelius (which I'm glad to no longer be using, BTW 😉 ), you could select anything—a single object, to a range of music—hold Alt, and click elsewhere in the score to duplicate it instantly. (Music has lots of repeated stuff like this, of course.)
I know MS has a feature that lets you drag-copy a single object—but does it have a feature like what I've described, that lets you copy a whole passage, for example? Or are we limited to Copy and Paste for now?
If it doesn't have a similar feature, I hope you'll consider it. Thanks!
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Interesting. I just tried this in Sibelius. I didn't know that was a thing. Anyway, as far as I know, C+P is the way you need to go in MuseScore.
BTW, MS4 introduced the ability to select a measure and have playback of just that staff start there. Just like Sibelius. And recently the ability to select an item or a range and hit "R" to repeat the selection, was added. I'm waiting for the ability to select the last measure and hit "R" to add measures to the end of a piece.
In reply to Interesting. I just tried… by bobjp
[Disclaimer: Shrugs ahead]
bobjp> [re drag-duplicate] Interesting. I just tried this in Sibelius. I didn't know that was a thing...
Yep, used it all the time. I have notes here from an earlier MS version that say you could hold Ctrl+Shift and click and drag an object to make an immediate copy. That no longer works in MS4, but at least they were aware of the concept. 🤷♂️
bobjp> Anyway, as far as I know, C+P is the way you need to go in MuseScore.
But that had no effect with the symbol I just tried to duplicate (to which I'd applied a special style). And drag-duplicate is a simple one-step operation, vs. select / copy / paste / click—four steps, requiring an extra trip to the mouse. Each time. When you're on a deadline, it adds up.
bobjp> BTW, MS4 introduced the ability to select a measure and have playback of just that staff start there. Just like Sibelius...
Well, that's nice—but why wouldn't playback start from the selection? If you select something and start playback, isn't it reasonable to assume that's where you'd like to start hearing it? (Not to mention having to find your way back to the selection when playback unaccountably starts from the top of the score.) 🤷♂️
bobjp> And recently the ability to select an item or a range and hit "R" to repeat the selection, was added.
Yes, every notation app I've used has had something similar, as music phrases are often repeated—or reoccur similarly enough to make copying and modifying them quicker than doing each from scratch. I'm surprised MS is adding it just now. 🤷♂️
bobjp> I'm waiting for the ability to select the last measure and hit "R" to add measures to the end of a piece.
You can't do that now? Why not? The intention's clear... I guess it just hasn't occurred to them yet. 🤷♂️
Anyway, if someone will please confirm that MS4 has or hasn't a way to drag-duplicate (see OP), I'll appreciate it.
In reply to [Disclaimer: Shrugs ahead]… by Andy Fielding
And what I'm telling you is that there are things that have been added to MS4 that did not exist in MS3.
In MS3 if you selected a measure and hit play, the entire score would playback not just the selected staff. Though for replay, you still have to go back to the selection. And the whole "R" thing is new. If you are expecting MS4 to be Sibelius, well good luck. I assume you left Sibelius for a reason.
I'm still using it. But MS4 is inching me away from it.
I believe I answered your original question.
In reply to And what I'm telling you is… by bobjp
Yep, thanks.
And one should remain philosophical re these things... Software grows by increments—so even if one version of it seems limited, it's quite likely that much better than the previous version, right?