Visibility of entry boxes in Style
I hope I can make my question clear enough, not knowing the correct terminology. But...when I go to Format, Style, and then (for example) Page, the data entry boxes are much longer horizontally than is necessary for the numbers used for the settings. For instance, Music Top Margin has a default setting of 5.5sp, but there is a very long white space after it. This makes it necessary to use the bottom scroll bar to go back and forth just to see all the choices of settings for Page (and some other choices under Style). Is there any way to adjust this?
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By default there shouldn't much space after these numbers, nor should the dialog be all that wide. It's possible you accidentally dragged the sides of the box. Can you drag them back? Can you attach a screenshot of what you are seeing?
In reply to By default there shouldn't… by Marc Sabatella
I've attached a screenshot pasted into a Word file. I know how to make the menu on the left be skinnier, but I don't know how to make the areas with the number choices shorter.
In reply to I've attached a screenshot… by missa22missl25
That's definitely not how it should look. For starters, the box on the left with the list of different pages (Score / Page / Header, Footer etc) is way too wide. Start by dragging the dividing line there to the left and see if that helps. Also try clicking the arrow below that box, which collapses it. What OS is this? Some version of Windows, I assume? And what is your display resolution?
In reply to That's definitely not how it… by Marc Sabatella
Windows 10: 1600 x 900. Yes, I knew how to make the list on the left smaller. The other problem is not true of every choice on this list, but most of them.
In reply to Windows 10: 1600 x 900. Yes… by missa22missl25
Do you have any advice for getting this to look the right way?
In reply to Windows 10: 1600 x 900. Yes… by missa22missl25
Do you have any advice for getting this to look the right way?
In reply to Do you have any advice for… by missa22missl25
Try Help / Revert to Factory Settings. Or if you have a lot of customizations to shortcuts etc that you would rather not lose, you can download and run the plugin to reset dialog positions (see Download / Plugins, above).
In reply to Try Help / Revert to Factory… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you very much. I downloaded the plugin. I read the info about installing the plugin and tried to put it in and unzip it in the correct file on my computer. But I've obviously not done it correctly. As I said, I have Windows 10. Is there anyway to walk me through the steps more clearly? Thank you so much for your continued help.
In reply to Thank you very much. I… by missa22missl25
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/plugins#installation
In reply to Thank you very much. I… by missa22missl25
If you explain at which step of the process you feel something went wrong, we can assist better.
In reply to If you explain at which step… by Marc Sabatella
I extracted it to Program Files/Musescore 3/plugins. I opened Musescore. I went to plugins and plugins manager. I chose the plugin. It must have run it, because it shut down the program immediately. I restarted the program and brought up style, and everything looks the same as when I sent you the screenshot.
In reply to I extracted it to Program… by missa22missl25
I went back and looked at the handbook directions again for plugins and realized it said NOT to put a new plugin in the Program Files path but into the Documents/Musescore 3/plugins path. I extracted it to there. It is there as the file folder with 3 files in it. What do I do next?
In reply to I went back and looked at… by missa22missl25
As described in the documentation, go to the plugin manager to enable the plugin. Once it is enabled, you can then run it from the Plugins menu.
In reply to As described in the… by Marc Sabatella
That's why I asked what to do. When I extract it to the place the handbook tells me to, the plugin does not appear on the list in plugin manager.
In reply to That's why I asked what to… by missa22missl25
Then you haven't put it to the right place or it is the right version.
This us about https://musescore.org/en/project/reset-dialog-positions, right? That plugin comes in 2 versions, one for MuseScore 2 and another for MuseScore 3, you need to pick the one matching your version and place it in the right directory, then enable and run it
In reply to Then ypu haven't put it to… by Jojo-Schmitz
When I did extract it to the Program Files/MuseScore 3/plugins folder (and I did do the MuseScore 3 version), it did appear on the plugin manager list, and I did choose it and it did (I assume) run because it shut down the program. When I restarted the program and checked the problem, it had not changed. That's why I went back and read the documentation again which said that for Windows, any NEW plugin should be put in the Documents/MuseScore 3/plugins folder. As I said, when I do that, it doesn't show the extracted files just the folder, and the plugin does not appear in the plugin manager list.
In reply to When I did extract it to the… by missa22missl25
It's really hard to diagnose things like this remotely, but probably you simply didn't get all the files there. Not sure what "it" refers to in "it doesn't show the extracted files", but to me that seems to indie ate you didn't extract the files correctly. Not sure if there is someone around to help who has more experience unzipping files?
Anyhow, personally I'd recommend going with my original suggestion of Help / Revert to Factory Settings. If you did a lot of shortcut customization, you can go back to Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts and save your shortcut configuration. If you customized your palettes you can save those first too. But aside from that, there just isn't that much you could really be losing, no other settings would take more than a minute to restore.
In reply to It's really hard to diagnose… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you again for your patient input. I agree that it certainly seems the best choice to just try Revert to Factory Settings. I will try it, and I will reply to this thread again.
In reply to Thank you again for your… by missa22missl25
I did the Revert to Factory Settings. The boxes in Style that I asked about before are still very long. A friend that I had recommended your program to who downloaded your program months ago had hers look the same way.
It's not something that is making the program unusable, but I thought you'd want to know in case it is a "bug" you want to deal with.
In reply to I did the Revert to Factory… by missa22missl25
Are there any other sings of oddness? Like, were toolbar icons too big or too small? Did you need to change the font size in Edit / Preferences for things to readable? If you view a score at 100% zoom, is it physically the same size on screen as it would be when printed, or do you need to zoom in or out for it to look normal?
In reply to Are there any other sings of… by Marc Sabatella
All the icons are sized correctly, font size is fine, and 100% view matches my printouts exactly. I do have even more windows running off the right end of my screen than I did before.
In reply to I did the Revert to Factory… by missa22missl25
What version of MuseScore excatly? Check Help > About
In reply to What version of MuseScore… by Jojo-Schmitz
Musescore 3.4.2.9788
In reply to Musescore 3.4.2.9788 by missa22missl25
Very strange. That left part of the dialog is way narrower for me. Can you grab that separator between the left and the right part and drag it to the left to make the left part narrower?
In reply to I did the Revert to Factory… by missa22missl25
Until you get this sorted, there is a simple workaround that should help your workflow. In the bottom left corner of the dialog box is an arrow pointing to the right; click on this and it closes the left-hand pane, giving the extra room to the entry boxes. Also, you can drag the corners of the dialog box to increase its size and proportions.
In reply to I did the Revert to Factory… by missa22missl25
How about your font & scaling settings in Windows? There are several different settings depending on specific version of Windows, but some provide separate system and application font size controls, some provide a percentage scale to be applied system-wide, some provide the ability the ability to override scaling on an application-by-application basis (somewhere in Properties for the application file, on the Compatibility tab I think).
In reply to How about your font &… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for your continued help. I had forgotten that I had made settings on my pc in general for larger fonts and such. It had not caused obvious trouble in other apps. I made adjustments to that scale and the dialog boxes in Musescore don't run off my screen or have really long boxes anymore. Thank you again!