Display available shortcut in the tooltips
Hello there,
This is my first post ever in this forum!
When pointing a tool in the palettes, the tooltip could display the suitable shortcut (if available). Like in the menus.
For instance, instead of “Staccato”, the tooltip could display “Staccato (Shift+S)”.
That feature would be very helpful for newcomers, as it would immediately inform us about the availability of a shortcut, and it would be a very effective way to progressively learn existing ones.
Comments
This is possible to do that already.
Right-click eg on the staccato symbol in the palette -> Properties -> Change the name (ie add the shortcut, as image below) ->Ok
Result in the palette: the tooltip as desired
NB: the condition to can edit the palettes is to have created a custom workspace: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/palettes-and-workspaces#custom-palett…
In reply to This is possible to do that… by cadiz1
Still it'd be nice if that'd happen automagically, then it also would follow change of language settings (when not using a custom workspace)
In reply to This is possible to do that… by cadiz1
OK, that’s good to know. But part of my point is that newcomers wouldn’t have to search the manual for shortcuts. If they have to edit themselves the tooltip, I assume they have to find themselves the shortcut too, which is just... user-unfriendly... I mean, I didn’t know that very shortcut existed until last week. And what about new shortcuts, which will arrive with new versions of MuseScore? That feature would guarantee that everybody can eventually acknowledge these new shortcuts.
In reply to OK, that’s good to know. But… by froisois
"I assume they have to find themselves the shortcut too, which is just... user-unfriendly... "
Maybe, but a simple way: to access and find these shortcuts, easily, you can print them in: Edit -> Preferences -> Shortcuts -> Print
Then, you have all your time to take a look to these shortcuts and learn them (that's what I did when I started with MuseScore, and apparently, it went well!) :)
But if it is possible automagically (?) to display the shortcut with the tooltips, why not indeed.
In reply to A way: to access and find… by cadiz1
"automagically" is a word I made up ;-) (or rather stole from someone who did)
In reply to "automagically" is a word I… by Jojo-Schmitz
And me after copy-paste the word on your comment ! :) (because I mixed my pencils when I tried first....)
The next time, I will pay attention.
So, better: automatically.
In reply to And me after copy-paste the… by cadiz1
Joking aside, it would be a big deal to have the shortcuts included in the tooltips of the workspaces de Base and Advanced?
In reply to Joking aside, it would be a… by cadiz1
I'm afraid I don't see a way that is easy and straight forward enough to make it worth the effort.
In reply to I'm afraid I don't see a way… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, thanks.