Cannot edit palletes in Linux Mint 17.1
After installing MuseScore 2.0 in my Linux Mint 17.1 MATE O.S., I cannot edit for instance the Fingering palette. Selecting an item and trying to modify it, 'clear' and 'properties' are greyed out (not lit up).
How can I change this?
Joe.
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Given that I do not know Linux, you've created a custom workspace before?
https://musescore.org/en/node/39841
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/custom-palettes
In reply to Given that I do not know by Shoichi
Shoichi, followed the links you posted but could not do the things written there.
Whatever I tried, no editing possible.
MuseScore 2.0 installed on my Windows 7 O.S. computer does not have this problem.
There I can edit the Palettes.
Same with Mint 7.1 KDE The contextual menu of base palettes has all its lines greyed, with the exception of the save command
The palettes in the main palettes don't have contextual menu, which is normal, I think.
That's true for both 2.0 and 2.1 last nightly.
In reply to Same with Mint 7.1 KDE The by robert leleu
Well I do not see why the main palettes can not be modified. As al already wrote it is possible (and that should be!!) in Windows. That was at least what I did.
In reply to Same with Mint 7.1 KDE The by robert leleu
The main palettes are meant to not be modified. If you wish to modify them the,, you must press the "+" button at the bottom to create a custom workspace for your changes. This should be the same on all platforms. It still isn't clear to me if you've done this. Workls fine for me on both Windpows and Linux.
In reply to The main palettes are meant by Marc Sabatella
However, the manual is quite clear about being able to modify the palettes. See page 130 of the print manual, and same is stated in the online help. Perhaps, I need some clarification?
In reply to However, the manual is quite by WMJR
To be perfectly clear:
Yes, you can modify the palettes. You simply have to create a worksapce for your modifications first - that is what presisng the "+" at the bottom of the bottom of the palette does.
MuseScore provides two predefined workspaces. One is called "Basic", and it is the one you see initially. It contains only a limited subset of the available elements for each palette. The second is called "Advanced". It contains a fuller set of elements. I think most of us probably would want to switch to "Advanced" first time we start MuseScore and never look back.
If you are in either of the two default workspaces, palettes are not customizable. Customizations are saved to a workspace, so you need to create a workspace for your customizations. Again, that's what the "+" button is for.
If the Handbook is not clear about this, then it should be updated. The whole customization mechanism was in flux during much of the 2.0 development cycle, so this particular section may have been written at a time when the process was different.
In reply to To be perfectly clear: Yes, by Marc Sabatella
Thank you, Marc, for the clarification. I think it would work if you just paste your response into the manual, eh? ;)
In reply to To be perfectly clear: Yes, by Marc Sabatella
Marc,
although I cannot exactly remember how I did this, but in one of the threads I started in the past concerning (right hand) fingering for classical guitar, I managed to modify the "Advanced" palette without having to add a customized one.
That is the reason why, in my Windows 7 computer, I can still modify this if I wanted to.
Joe.
In reply to Marc, although I cannot by JoeAlders
If you can reproduce this with 2.0, please file a bug report. If not, the past is the past :)
In reply to If you can reproduce this by Thomas
@JoeAlders
Perhaps it was possible, at least prior to September 2014, to modify the built-in workspaces / palettes.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/node/32946#comment-138271
where the following is mentioned:
'One thing that has changed recently, I think - you need to first create a workspace (edit / workspaces) before palette editing is enabled. I guess so you don't accidentally overwrite the built-in workspaces.'
Maybe this explains the change.
Regards.
P.S. Concerning the past, it is as Thomas said ...
In reply to The main palettes are meant by Marc Sabatella
Wouah ! The + sign.....
this people accustomed to the old ways, they never read manuals !
In reply to Wouah ! The + sign..... this by robert leleu
Gentlemen, Mea Culpa!
After some research in my 2.0 beta version I must admid that I DID CREATE a customized palette after all before editing this. Completely overlooked this fact, must be my age.
Sorry to have bothered you with this NON problem.
Joe.