Can you keep the Master Palette open?
In previous versions of MuseScore, you could keep the Master Palette open on the left window for easy access, but on 3.5, it won't stay open. Is there a way to prevent this?
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When does it close for you?
In reply to When does it close for you? by Jojo-Schmitz
As soon as I click on the score to keep on working
In reply to As soon as I click on the… by rixwilliamtil1
It stays open for me on windows 10 version 3.5.2.
In reply to It stays open for me on… by mike320
For me too
In reply to As soon as I click on the… by rixwilliamtil1
Does it really close, or is it simply now hidden behind the main window?
Would be nice if we can get someone else with a Mac to confirm on this behavior.
In reply to Does it really close, or is… by jeetee
Okay, I just checked and you're right...it's simply hidden behind the main window and I can quickly bring it up with Command/~ . That solves the problem! Thanks so much!
Is there a reason you are resorting to the Master Palette here? It’s not meant for this type of regular use; it’s intended mainly as a source of symbols you can use in customizing the standard palettes.
In reply to Is there a reason you are… by Marc Sabatella
I thought that was the only way to insert dynamics, repeats, etc. How do you do it?
In reply to I thought that was the only… by rixwilliamtil1
Press fn+F9 to open the palettes or use the View menu and choose palettes (not master palette). These palettes are docked by default and can be moved or undocked as needed.
In reply to Press fn+F9 to open the… by mike320
Thanks, Mike!
In reply to Thanks, Mike! by rixwilliamtil1
The master palette should still be on top if you are using it to add some items. There are some very valid reasons to use it, mostly for the special characters.
In reply to I thought that was the only… by rixwilliamtil1
To be clear: the regular palettes are normally open by default unless you previously closed them. But if you did previously close it, then indeed, simply View / Palettes or F9 (with Fn if on a keyboard/OS that requires it). The standard palettes are designed to dock as mentioned, or can also be undocked if you prefer, and also have many other great features like easy customizability, search, keyboard navigation, etc. The master palette was never needed for anything except to repopulate your main palettes if you ended up removing elements from them, but now that's not even needed anymore - removing elements from the regular palettes just puts them in the section marked "More". So really, the master palette is almost completely obsolete at this point, except for the "Symbols" section, plus the key and time signature customizers.
In reply to To be clear: the regular… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks so much, Marc! One last question: Is there a sign for a diminished chord symbol (a small upper case"0" next the the Chord Letter)?
In reply to Thanks so much, Marc! One… by rixwilliamtil1
Yes, just type 'o' (lower case 'O').
In Jazz style this turns into superscript 'o', see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/chord-symbols#chord-symbol-syntax
For me, on macOS Big Sur, it also just stays open properly. Maybe, as @jeetee suggested, it hides itself behind the main window. I didn't notice any different behavior than in older versions.
Tip (in case you didn't know this already): a quick way to switch between open windows of an application is the shortcut command +
</kbd>, for example to switch between the master palette and the main window. You can even use it like this:to switch to the master palette- press <kbd>command +
- start dragging the desired item
- press command + ` to switch to the main window
- drop the desired item there.
macOS is quite nice about pressing keyboard shortcuts while dragging items.