Placement of crescendo / decrescendo "hairpins" in MuseScore 3
In MuseScore 2, the automatic placement of the hairpins is below the stave, but one could manually move them to above the stave (as is common in vocal scores, to avoid interfering with the text). MuseScore 3 places the hairpins below the stave, and I cannot work out how to move them.
I asked the same question a week ago in relation to dynamic markings (pp etc). Jojo-Schmitz very kindly and rapidly posted the fix to that - selecting the marking and pressing X, which flips it to above the stave. I have tried this trick with the hairpins, but it simply reverses the direction (turns a crescendo to a diminuendo, and vice versa) - which is itself very handy to know, but doesn't solve the placement problem.
A fix for placing hairpins above the stave would be greatly appreciated - thank you!
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You can select a hairpin and change the placement from below to above, no longer a need to guess the right offset.
In reply to You can select a hairpin and… by mike320
I can't work out how to do that. If I select the hairpin and try to move it, it simply flips back to its original position. Can you please tell me how you do this? Thank you!
In reply to I can't work out how to do… by CMHdeV
Don't move it. Select the hairpin and in the Inspector (F8) change the placement from Below to Above.
In reply to Don't move it. Select the… by mike320
Aha! Inspector to the rescue!! many thanks :-)
In reply to Aha! Inspector to the rescue… by CMHdeV
For you and everyone else, the inspector has become a very powerful tool in customizing almost any item in version 3. If you want to do something to an element, look at it in the inspector before going anywhere else.
In reply to For you and everyone else,… by mike320
That is excellent to know. Thank you again!!
So, for most elements, "X" flips from below to above or vice versa, but hairpins, it changes crecendo to diminuendo or vice versa. Nice feature, but I think this should be Shift+X, like for flipping a notehead to the opposite side of the stem. This has come up before, but I don't see an issue. If someone can find me the issue, or create a new one, I'll submit a PR...
EDIT: never mind, I found it - #279178: Selecting dynamic change a pressing x does not move item. PR will follow...