Hyphen Not Working for Lyrics on Mac – no solutions from previous forums
When inputting lyrics into Musescore 4, pressing the hyphen button is supposed to send the cursor to the next note to input a new syllable of the same word, while adding a hyphen. The hyphen key does not work. Nothing appears, and the cursor does not move to the next note. This problem has persisted since upgrading to Musescore 4, and I have tried many things over the last 5 months to no avail.
System info:
• 2018 MacBook Pro 15in, 2.9GHz 6-Core Intel i9, 32GB Memory
• Mac OS 14.1.1
• Musescore 4.4.4.243461245
• Problem appears both when working with MacBook Pro Internal Keyboard (2018 15in MacBook Pro) and when the laptop is docked and I am using a wireless Magic Keyboard
Things I have tried over the last 5 months:
• Pressing the hyphen multiple times
• Updating Musescore 4 (several times)
• Uninstalling/Reinstalling Musescore
• Restarting computer
• Changing keyboard layout on Mac OS
Some have pointed out that there is a workaround by pressing Option Hyphen, or Shift Hyphen, but this makes the hyphen appear as text within the same syllable, not do its standard job of moving the cursor to the next syllable while adding a hyphen. The hyphen is not working as designed, and as it worked in Musescore 3.
Comments
Is it https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/16314 ?
In reply to Is it https://github.com… by Jojo-Schmitz
No, I have an English keyboard.
In reply to No, I have an English… by mikaylafeldma
Do you input the hyphen via the numeric pad or via the key at the right of the first row of the keyboard?
No Shift, just the hyphen, correct?
In reply to Do you input the hyphen via… by krasko78
I tried both the hyphen to the right of 0, and the hyphen on the numeric pad and neither work.
Correct, no shift, just the hyphen
In reply to I tried both the hyphen to… by mikaylafeldma
Here are things to try out:
1. Make sure "-" is set as a shortcut for "Lyrics: enter hyphen" under menu Edit -> Preferences -> Shortcuts.
2. Try setting different shortcuts for "Lyrics: enter hyphen" there and see if any of them works. Avoid the Shift key as it is known to be problematic.
3. Set "-" back as the shortcut and try it again.
4. If nothing works, export the shortcuts to a file from the same dialog, zip it and attach it here. Also attach here diagnostic files which you can create from menu Diagnostics -> Save diagnostic files.