Lyrics - problems with shift-space
When typing lyrics I sometimes had the problem that with certain keys the direction of inputting text seemed to have been reverted. First I thought this would be a bug, but in the meantime I noticed that this is a feature ;-).
Shift-space is used to go back to an earlier syllable.
But this key combination sometimes complicates the inputting of lyrics for me. As somtimes I am hitting space, before having released the shift key, I quite regularly find me in an earlier syllable instead of, as I expected, under the next note, which is quite disturbing (happens only with upper case letters as "I" and ":").
Especially if typing very fast, that can happen quite often.
Is it possible to turn off that key combination, - or is it necessary at all, as one also could use the arrow keys for that function?
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I often do the same thing when typing "I" or a quote, so I've checked. Under Edit > Preferences > Shortcuts, filter for "syllable". The default shortcut for "Previous syllable" is Shift-Space; you could try clearing that.
However, on my system (V2.0.2 on Windows 7), clearing or even replacing this shortcut has no effect; shift-space continues to move left through lyrics. Behavior might be different on other systems.
In reply to I often do the same thing by Seamas
Partially confirmed this statement also on Win7 2.0.2.
The newly defined shortcut works too, but it indeed doesn't disable shift-space as it should.
Additionally (for the OP) using the left arrow key works just as well for me.
EDIT: filed as a bug: https://musescore.org/en/node/96986
In reply to Partially confirmed this by jeetee
Per lasconic on bug report #96986: can't disable Shift+Space shortcut for previous syllable, this behavior is by design; Shift-Space is hard-coded to move left, regardless of other shortcuts assigned.
In reply to Per lasconic on bug report by Seamas
Does that mean, that it cannot be changed?
I still think it would make very much sense to disable this by default, as Shift-Space really disturbs the work flow of inputting lyrics quite often.
In reply to Does that mean, that it by MLutz
It can't be disabled in the current version. You could submit a feature request for an option to disable Shift-Space in a future version.
In reply to It can't be disabled in the by Seamas
Don't. The relevant issue has been posted here twice already. You may just add a comment there to add your vote to it.
Submitting a new feature request will simply be closed off as a duplicate for the one already linked.