Align text to page
Is it possible to align text (eg. rehearsal marks at the beginning of a staff) to the page instead of notes or rests?
I included a file where you can see what I mean. I had to align the rehearsal marks by hand.
It would be better of course to create a user text style for this but I don't know how to make it align to a page (the way it works in Sibelius).
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Aligning to a page wouldn't make sense - those marks might well overlap the staff itself if the layout of the music ever changes. Eg, if the staves move further apart or closer together.
I think what you really mean is, you want the rehearsal marks to align with the left edge of the measure to which they are attached. This partially happens automatically for short rehearsal marks - single letters - if you set them to right aligned. But we do push things over if that would cause them to collide with chord symbols or whatever. So yes, some new "left of measure" alignment would be nice some day.
In reply to Aligning to a page wouldn't… by Marc Sabatella
OK, I understand that aligning to the page is not the best option. But aligning to the beginning of the staff is that possible? I now have the problem that if there is something extra in the first bar of a system like a start repeat barline or more key signatures the rehearsal marks moves along to the right.
In reply to OK, I understand that… by tonherrieman@g…
No, as I said, it would be nice to have someday, right now setting "right aligned" kind of does the job for single-letter rehearsal marks but not longer ones like those in your example.
In reply to No, as I said, it would be… by Marc Sabatella
My best solution would still be left aligned from the clef as this is the first item on a staff. Then key signatures or time signatures would be of no influence and the rehearsal marks would all be at the same distance from the left side of the page.
In reply to My best solution would still… by tonherrieman@g…
Yes, and to be clear, this is exactly what happens if you rightset the rehearsal marks to right-aligned. However, as noted, it only works for relatively short texts, because it the text gets long enough that it overlaps the first note of the measure, we start pushing the text into the margin so as to avoid collisions with tempo chord symbols or other text we expect might also be attached to that first note.
In reply to My best solution would still… by tonherrieman@g…
An example to make this clear - these are set to right-aligned:
In reply to An example to make this… by Marc Sabatella
Ah, thanks now I understand how it works, I tried out your example and that really helps to see what is happening.