Making fingering invisible
Is there any way to make fingering invisible? The context menu for an object inserted from the fingering palette doesn't seem to have "set invisible" as an option.
My problem is this; I have a pair of linked staves, one is a standard pitched staff, the other is tablature. When I insert fingering markings they appear in both staves (as I would expect for linked staves). However, they cause confusion in the tablature as they look like additional notes. Ideally I would like to set them to invisible. I prefer to work with linked staves so can't delete them as that would delete the fingering on the standard notation as well. As a work around I am moving them off the page. Setting them to invisible individually would be neater (but no less work). It would be nice if fingering could be set to invisible globally for the tablature, or even not inserted at all (I don't think I've ever seen tablature with fingering included and wonder if anyone would want it).
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Which version are you using?
The answer is different depending whether it is version 1.x or the nightly builds of 2.0
In reply to Which version are you using? by ChurchOrganist
Version 2.0 nightly. As far as I'm aware tablature isn't available in version 1.2
In reply to Version 2.0 nightly. As far by brod
Tablature can be done in Version 1.2, but it is a right royal pain :)
I don't know if there is something about fingering or linked tab staves that makes this not work, but the normal way to hide a bunch of similar things would be to simply select them all (right click one, select->all similar elements in same staff) the right click and set invisible. In 2.0, you can use "V" as a shortcut to set invisible.
In reply to I don't know if there is by Marc Sabatella
Thank you. That works.
I hadn't been aware of the shortcut as there everything I wanted to make invisible in the past had "set invisible" in the menu and fingering doesn't. However, the "v" shortcut does work.
In reply to Thank you. That works. I by brod
FYI, in 2.0, "Set Invisible" has been moved from the right click menu to the new Inspector windows - not just for fingerings, but for everything. The "V" shortcut was added when a number of us pointed out that this made hiding objects harder than it already was.
In reply to FYI, in 2.0, "Set Invisible" by Marc Sabatella
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out.
But if that's the case the change has not been fully implemented. The right click menu for 'lines' and 'dynamics' certainly still include "set invisible"
In reply to Thank you. That works. I by brod
Incidentally the "V" shortcut isn't Set Invisble, but Toggle Visibility so it can also be used to make invisible elements visible again.
I cannot say if it would be feasible or not, but just in case:
Would it make sense to block fingerings from being added to tablature staves? Or at least from being carried over from another linked stave? As brod pointed out, fingerings look too similar to TAB own fret marks to be of real use.
M.
In reply to I cannot say if it would be by Miwarre
Would it make sense to block fingerings from being added to tablature staves
No :) What would make sense is a way to choose for one linked staff the thing you want to be synchronized or not. That should apply on linked staves in the same score and for score/parts link too. Default configuration according to staff type would be great but after the general one.