Short cuts to menu items
When you open some of the menu items using {alt} -T for example Tools, even though the subsequent items have an underlined letter (e.g. the "E" in Tools-> Explode) , when you type "e" , the first item , in this case "Transpose" is activated. In some of the menus=, for example {alt-E}, edit menu, typing the underlined letter does work as expected.
Not related to the bug above, I use the Explode tool a lot and it would be nice if there was some way to have a keyboard shortcut directly to it, although I would be happy enough if {alt}-t, {alt}-e worked
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The menu mnemonics don't work. See this recent thread on the same topic: https://musescore.org/en/node/364034 (And I agree about being nerfed that they don't :-(
You can create custom shortcuts to (I believe!) anything. See the Handbook: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/keyboard-shortcuts
In reply to The menu mnemonics don't… by TheHutch
Yes, I have made many keyboard shortcuts, but you can't make one for Tools->Explode which I use frequently ,
In reply to The menu mnemonics don't… by TheHutch
I should have included the fact that, while the menu mnemonics don't work, you can use Alt+T to open the menu and then use the up- or down-arrow to move through the menu to **Explode". (*shrug* Better than nothing)
Works for me, Windows 11, MuseScore 4.3.0
Edit: no, does not. (Lucky me tested the only one that does work)
In reply to Works for me, Windows 11,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Certainly doesn't work for Windows 10 MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.3.0-241231433
Is this still not working? I believe all underlined letters have been working lately except in submenus.
In reply to Is this still not working? I… by krasko78
It's working one layer deeper than it was when this was first posted, but it's still not working right. For example, Alt+A opens the Add menu, and (unlike before) F now opens the Frames menu, but none of the mnemonic shortcuts on the submenu work.
This strikes me as very odd. I would expect it to either work at all levels or, as it used to, not at all. Another odd behavior: either Alt or Esc should exit the menu, in slightly different fashions. As far as I can tell, neither of them do so correctly, though Esc comes closest.
On any layer you can reach with the mnemonic shortcuts, the arrow keys do change the selection up and down through the menu list, as they should.
In reply to It's working one layer… by TheHutch
Thank you for checking. I know about the submenus, I have open a PR for them. :) I am trying to confirm if there are any other pending menu issues apart from the submenu underlined letters.
In reply to Thank you for checking. I… by krasko78
Okay then, the only two issues I've seen regarding the menus are
1) Second-level menus not responding to the mnemonic shortcuts. They need to either respond to the underlined letter or not have an underlined letter. When I reach that second level of menu, if the mnemonic shortcut happens to be a keyboard shortcut for (for example) note entry, it is currently performing that shortcut. That should NOT happen.
2) Esc should back out of the menu to its parent. Eventually, all the way out of the menu system altogether. This seems to work, except in those second-level menus where the mnemonic shortcuts are not working. Alt should toggle activation of the menu system on and off completely. Thus, if I hit Alt and go eight levels deep (or just one!) in the menus, when I hit Alt again, it should completely deactivate the menu ... as if I had clicked on the menu title at the top.
In reply to Okay then, the only two… by TheHutch
Esc inside a submenu closes only that submenu and this is the correct behavior. There is a flicker of black highlight around the score when pressing Esc but I think I fixed it in the PR for the underlined letters of submenus. Alt does not close anything indeed but this is a minor thing (I think it has not even been reported or mentioned by far).