text above repeat measure signs won't stay in position
hi there,
i do often create simple drum charts with a lot of repeat measure signs. i want to put text above these signs, saying e.g. "fill" and put it in the middle of the bar. (see png attached).
in version 2 this text stayed in position. in version 3 due to automatic placement, this text moves around after opening the file again. Even with automatic placement turned off, the position changes after reopening the file (see mscz attached). I think because the bar width is changing.
Can I somehow get the text in fixed position?
thanks a lot
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Comments
Try the attached. Leave autoplace on and change the offset
In reply to Try the attached. Leav… by Jojo-Schmitz
thanks for the quick answer.
with offsets it works okay, but ithe text won't stay again in the exact position after reopening ;-(
try to put the text e.g. directly above the center of the measure repeat sign, save it and open it again. it moves again ;-(
The centering of those symbols probably causes problems with the offsets of elements attached to them. That said, I couldn't reproduce a problem. I loaded your score, reset the positions of both texts (one is system, the other staff, btw), manually put them centered over the repeat sign (X offset 9 sp), saved, closed, reloaded, and they were right where I put them. That's with 3.0.4. Yes, if the layout changes so the measure widths change, those manual adjustments won't make sense any more, so I wouldn't rely on this technique more than you need to.
I guess maybe you are seeing glitches form the fact that the measure widths change as you do the manual adjustment. So you do need to wait for that to settle down. Not sure where that's coming from, but that much does seem like a bug. Hard to pin down precise steps to reproduce though.
In reply to The centering of those… by Marc Sabatella
thanks Marc,
yes I think the text stays in position with offsets, but the measure widths change. So it makes no sense to put text in fixed positions anymore?
In reply to thanks Marc, yes I think… by MitchBuchannon
It's always been dangerous to manually position things to try to center them in a measure, since there are many things that can result in widths changing. But, they shouldn't be changing all by themselves for no apparent reason. this seems to be a bug, which I'dencourage you to file to the issue tracker (Help / Report a Bug) if you can isolate the precise steps that result in the width change.
In reply to It's always been dangerous… by Marc Sabatella
thanks. centering was only for testing purposes ans to demonstrate the movement. what I really like to do is put a text at the end of the bar (see png attached). in version 2 I could do that easily. in version 3 it moves after saving and reopening the file. sometimes it moves out of the page on the right side.
In reply to thanks. centering was only… by MitchBuchannon
Indeed, this should work, so again, if you can come up with precise step by step instructions to reproduce the problem, I do encourage you to file an official bug report to the issue tracker (eg, Help / Report a Bug from within MuseScore, or Support / Issue tracker from this site) as mentioned above.
That said, it would be better not to need to rely on manual adjustments for this. We do have the ability to add text to the end of a measure in the form of repeat texts like Fine etc. Not saying you should use these, but it would be a very good feature request for us to provide the same capability for ordinary text. That is, to be able to attach the text to the measure as a whole rather than to a single note. Then left, center, and right alignment would exactly as you would hope.
Meanwhile, I think the best solution for you for now would be to add some rests to that measure and attach the text to the last one. They disappear when you add the repeat symbol.
In reply to Indeed, this should work, so… by Marc Sabatella
like #285688: Width of repeat measures keeps increasing?
In reply to like [6#285688]? by Jojo-Schmitz
Yep :-). FWIW, I seldom use that symbol myself but have had occasion to do so this weekend, and I am seeing measure width shifts at kind of random-seeming times. Something is clearly off in our calculation of the widths of these measures.
In reply to Indeed, this should work, so… by Marc Sabatella
I've been scratching my head trying to find a nice way to add a V.S. mark at the bottom right edge of the last measure on a page. Having a way to attach arbitrary text to measures, and in this case right align it to the end of the measure, would be really helpful.
In reply to I've been scratching my head… by tristanshoutsf
Agreed. Right now this capability exists for "Fine" and other repeat text only. There is talk of providing it more generally. Meanwhile, that's your workaround - add Fine from the repeats palette, change the text. You can change the properties in the Inspector if necessary to make sure it doesn't conflict with other Fine markings in terms of playback. You could then Ctrl+Shift+drag this back to the palette for future reuse.