Select items by colour
Not by voice, but by the colour selected in the element group in the inspector.
Could be selected using the HTML colour ID.
Would this be complicated and time consuming to add? Obviously it wouldn't be used much except by me :]
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+1 Yes please, this would be very useful. I use a lot of colour in my TABs and I have frequently needed to be able to select by colour, sometimes notes and sometimes other elements.
It is likely something that could be hacked together using a plugin.
In reply to It is likely something that… by jeetee
Would a plugin be able to integrate with the exiting select menus?
In reply to Would a plugin be able to… by yonah_ag
Not within the right-click, nor the dialog, no.
It might be able to create an entry in the Edit menu.
But I would advise to keep it contained in the Plugin menu and assign a custom shortcut to it.
In reply to Not within the right-click,… by jeetee
Ideally it would interact with the built-in select but let's see what the OP comes back with as this is not my thread.
In reply to Ideally it would interact… by yonah_ag
Ideally it would and then it would be a built-in function too ;-)
I proposed the plugin approach as a possible way to not have to wait on a new MuseScore version to get this functionality.
In reply to Ideally it would interact… by yonah_ag
I wouldn't mind either way, so long as the functionality is there.
No idea how to go about making a plugin but hopefully there is demand from more knowledgeable people :)
In reply to I wouldn't mind either way,… by Nallados
I've had a go; it's... something...
But selecting things from the plugin framework seems rather incomplete. Things it fails to select: clefs, barlines, time signatures, accidentals, stems, beams, dots...
What does work: staff texts, tempo texts, notes, rests
In reply to I've had a go; it's… by jeetee
For my purposes it's perfect - thank you! It's also a very concise bit of code and will be useful in one of my own plugins.
If you are on Windows you could be interested in Post 5 on https://musescore.org/en/node/316166
These are AutoHotkey macros specialising in Color Search and Select.
Post 1 includes the pdf documentation. Here pages 34-37 are relevant as well as pages 57-59.
Color Search and Select is one of the biggest time savers to me.
In reply to If you are on Windows you… by MichLeon
The whole AutoHotKey system looks really interesting - and not just for use with MuseScore.
In reply to The whole AutoHotKey system… by yonah_ag
Absolutely. In Post 16 'Independent Hotkeys' I give examples of non MuseScore cases.
Managing (MuseScore) windows is another strong point in AutoHotkey.
This is applied in the Automation of the MuseScore Mixer which I will publish shortly on the same forum page.
+1. Esp. when transcribing, I mark things I'm unsure about as hot pink, so I remember to go back to them later so I don't miss them visually.
A dedicated annotation system would of course be even nicer, esp. for collaboration, but selecting by color would improve my hacky workflow, too. ;)
I'll have to check out jeetees plugin later.
In reply to +1. Esp. when transcribing,… by snieb
That's not hacky at all. Fluorescent 'Marker Pen' highlighting would be very handy and a full annotation system would even better. (I wonder if we're just members of the same "hacky workflow" club).
Jeetee's plugin is neat and I'm going to add it to my TAB Tools plugin for some voice specific colour selecting/applying.