Lyric doesn't left-align if it has quotation marks after the number
I gather that MuseScore automatically left-aligns a syllable that begins with a number, which saves me heaps of time on hymn verses. But I notice that doesn't work when the syllable has a quotation mark.
As in:
1. Blah blah ( 1. Blah left-aligns)
2. "Blah blah," she said. (2. "Blah centers)
Not sure whether this is a glitch, or somebody needed it programmed that way. I can use horizontal offset to line it up, but...
Score attached. Verse 10 is Exhibit A. (No, I don't normally subject people to 13 verses! :D )
Linda
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I've noticed this myself. What happens is that when a lyric begins with a digit (assumed to be a verse number) then MuseScore aligns the first alphabetic character in each line. In your sample, the O in verse 10 is aligned with the other verses, instead of the double quote; if you type more characters after Oh, the O doesn't shift.
I think the code that aligns the text should accept a small set of punctuation marks as well as alphabetic characters: double quote —"Oh,—, single quote or apostrophes —'Tis—, and Spanish inverted question and exclamation marks —¿— and —¡— at least. There are probably others.
EDIT: I've added a feature request (https://musescore.org/en/node/98311) on this point. In the meantime, you can manually adjust horizontal positioning of the lyrics, as I did in the second measure of my sample score.
In reply to I've noticed this myself. by Seamas
This is not a feature request, not in the issue tracker, but just another forum thread
It is deliberate to ingore the leading punctuation, and the right answer in some cases, but not in all, unfortunately this happens to be one inb which it isn't desired. eventually we probably need a way to truly identify verse numbers as distinct elements.
In reply to It is deliberate to ingore by Marc Sabatella
Well, the current behavior beats v1 by a large mile, anyway. Maybe there was a left-align option in v1, too, but I didn't find it. I spent a lot of time finessing individual syllables to get those wretches lined up at the beginning of each verse. Now, poof! There it is!
And as Seamas pointed out, the occasional rogue syllable is easily shifted with the horizotal control.
Thanks.