Lyric hyphen and melisma insertion not working on Estonian keyboard on Musescore 4.0.0 rev 5485621

• Dec 18, 2022 - 12:12
Reported version
4.0
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
GitHub issue
Regression
Yes
Workaround
Yes
Project

I have failed to insert hyphens and melismas between lyric syllibles while using the Estonian keyboard (which I need to use, since the lyrics include glyphs not available in the stock MacOS "international" keyboard). This was not an issue in Musescore 3. I have also tried binding the shortcut for both melismas and hyphens to be something completely different but that didn't work either.
Can't help but wonder if this is an issue on other keyboard layouts as well.

OS: macOS 11.5, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.0-223472200, revision: 5485621


Comments

I have the same problem with lyrics (Estonian keyboard). I have not found a solution via threads linked here. Alt+"-" gives me the hyphen and then I can move on to the next note/syllable by [space], but that way the "-" stays close to the first syllable and does not get situated beautifully between the syllables.

Hello! Unfortunately in MuseScore 4 a hyphen doesn't work, but it works good in MuseScore 3. But the file, created in 4 ver. doesn't open in 3 ver. So, you need to save file in xml formate, and then open it in 3rd version.

Regression Yes No
Workaround Yes No

Hi

Sad to see that the issue still persists in Musescore 4.2, as it did a year ago.

OS: macOS 11.5, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.2.0-233521125, revision: eb8d33c

Regression No Yes
Workaround No Yes

Yes, the corresponding issues on GitHub are still open.

This issue tracker here though has been discontinied, so not much point to continue here...

In reply to by lppoja

Regression Yes No

Hi, I found a way around this. Type in the lyrics with Estonian keyboard and use space for dividing syllables. After that change to US keyboard and manually add the hyphens where needed (its + key on US keyboard). Lets hope they will fix this problem soon.