Make Add/Remove parentheses to noteheads and accidentals a toggle

• May 1, 2021 - 22:57
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project

Impossible (or no clear way) to remove parentheses after adding them to a note.
Workaround: delete note and input again


Comments

Severity S4 - Minor S5 - Suggestion

So, by design - they are deleted like anything else (select and delete), but certainly worth considering adding a new feature to toggle them more easily.

The problem (to overcome) is that is really 2 separate parens (open and close) getting added. Other than with accidentals, where this is a property, "has bracket", which is easy to toggle.

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

ok found the actual problem, which isnt that the parentheses arent deletable, but that you can add several parentheses on the same note, essentially just layers of parentheses. so deleting the top one wont change the appearance giving the illusion of it not being deletable. still something to take note of

Ah, a double-click vs. single-click issue, similar as for voltas. A double-click was needed in older MuseScore versions to add one (set of) element(s) from the palettes, now a single-click is sufficient and a double-click (old habits die hard) adds them twice (and another double-click adds 2 more, etc.).

Making it a toggle would fix this indeed (but needs the old habit getting fixed)

Title Make Add/Remove parentheses to notehead a toggle Make Add/Remove parentheses to noteheads and accidentals a toggle

Brackets for accidentals are not a toggle either, but al least can't get added multiple times (reason stated further up)