System Text Line missing in existing parts when added via drag&drop to non-top staff

• Mar 3, 2021 - 20:34
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project

1) Create a new score with at least two instruments.
2) Generate the individual parts
3) create a System Line (palette > Lines > System)
4) Osberve the parts. There's no line.

Workaround :
Inverse step 2 and 3.


Comments

It mostly works as expected for me. If I add a system line either to the top instrument in the score or to one of the previously created parts in both cases it shows up in the score and in every part.

However, if I add a system line in the score to an instrument that is not at the top of a score (for example to the horn stave in a wind quintet) it only shows up in the score and not in any of the parts. It does show up in the parts if I create them after adding the system line.

If that is also what you are experiencing then the workaround should be to not add system lines to staves other than the top stave in a score. If it is not what you are experiencing then please attach a score that demonstrates the problem together with precise instructions where to place the system text and how to place it, (drag and drop, select one note and click in pallet, select a range and click in pallet etc.)

As system text is always shown above the top stave, there should be no reason and no benefit for a user to add a system line to a lower stave. The best fix may be to disallow adding system text to a lower stave with a warning similar to what you get when you try to paste into a triplet.

Status active needs info

I assume you are on a slightly older version, be sure to update to 3.6.2 as this was fixed a little while back.

If you can still reproduce this on 3.6.2, please attach your score. Otherwise we can close this.

Apparently.
Here's what I tried to reproduce:

  1. New score
  2. Add 2 instruments, Piccolo Flute and Flute
  3. Generate all parts
  4. Apply a system line to the Flute, the 2nd instrument (via palette click)

Result: the system line is applied atop the system in main score and is applied to both parts too, so everything works as expected

Title System Text Line does not appear on individual parts, if said parts are created before the line System Text Line missing in existing parts when added via drag&drop to non-top staff
Severity S4 - Minor S3 - Major
Status needs info active

Actually, I can reproduce, only when adding the line to a non-top staff, and only when adding it via drag&drop.

Status PR created fixed

Fixed in branch master, commit f2ef9ec3cb

_Fix #318326 - System Text Line missing in existing parts when added via drag&drop to non-top staff

If a TEXTLINE is dropped in a ScoreView, set firstStaffOnly to true if the dropped textline is a System TextLine._

Fixed in branch 3.x, commit 1fd64f6818

_Fix #318326 - System Text Line missing in existing parts when added via drag&drop to non-top staff

If a TEXTLINE is dropped in a ScoreView, set firstStaffOnly to true if the dropped textline is a System TextLine._