Adding some form of page marker to timeline
As mentioned by Isaac Weiss on https://musescore.org/en/node/237891, the addition of page markers would assist in navigating scores. I am completely open to adding this, but I am not sure how. The current options include: 1) Adding another meta row for page numbers; 2) Inventing some sort of visual cue or other method to display page changes.
For those who do not follow my github (which I doubt anyone does), I have been adding a number of meta rows, about 7 in total now. Currently, the meta rows are collapsible into two rows including a compressed version of all meta rows (excluding the measure meta) and the measure numbers on the second row. A soon to be implemented idea is to allow removing the meta values that do not concern you.
So, if a meta row is added for page numbers, it could follow the same instruction as the measure numbers (i.e. stay visible upon collapsing).
I am open to all ideas concerning display of page changes. Thanks!
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I'm for 2), the visual cue
I'd be for 2), as well, if I could think of how that might work for cases with more than one system per page. How would that look with My_First_Score, for example?
For 1), could page numbers maybe share a row with measure numbers? For example, on the first measure of a page, have a bolded "Page X" instead of a non-bolded "Y" for the measure?
A combination of 1) and 2) might be possible. The visual cue would be a gap between the measures where the page break occurs.
In reply to A combination of 1) and 2) by mike320
and a big overlay page number
I'd strongly prefer option 1, BUT would suggest to provide means to toggle the visibility of
the individual meta rows (like for i.e. it's possible in Ardour)
I don't have strong feelings on *how* to do this, but would like to lend my support for the overall idea. I virtually never use the navigator because I don't want to sacrifice the screen real estate. I have a feeling I'd feel the same about the timeline if it didn't contain a page view. But if it did contain a page view or any kind, that could finally be the incentive I'd need to consider devoting screen space to navigation.
In reply to I don't have strong feelings by Marc Sabatella
Some ideas, probably stupid
* adding a thumbnail of the page below the measures with a big measure number, a morph of navigator and timeline?
* a bold line between pages and a different shade for even/odd? Number in the first measure of the page, first system?
In reply to Some ideas, probably stupid * by [DELETED] 5
I'd consider that a big waste of vertical screen estate (which, on modern 16:9 screens is already a limited resource). If you need the navigator/per-page view, just switch it on
(I actually can't think of a workflow where such per-page info is useful. But that's probably
a question of personal taste).
In reply to Some ideas, probably stupid * by [DELETED] 5
Merging the timeline and navigator is an interesting idea. Maybe user could toggle between displaying cells only, thumbnails only, or cells and thumbnails.
Regarding your second comment, we found that odd/even shading doesn't work because we are already using different shades of grey to represent presence of notes in a measure, which makes things confusing when switching between odd & even. That is why we aren't doing odd/even rows.
In reply to I don't have strong feelings by Marc Sabatella
I'd suggest a menu where the idiviual timeline "rows" can be toggled. This menu could be
used as a submenu in the 'view >> navigator' menu as well as a pop-up menu (right-click)
on the navigator itself.
BTW, does the navigator really need such a hugh titlebar?