Just a small "regression" of the UI?
MuseScore 2:
MuseScore 3:
Don't the menu bar and the palette look more beautiful in MuseScore 2? Why change it to the current look?
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I agree. Even in the light theme I use.
What font are you using in Edit > Preferences > General > Stil > Font?
In reply to What font are you using in… by Jojo-Schmitz
SimSun, and it's somehow the default font.
But it's not the font that's bothering me, as I can always change it. Those angular shapes and squeezed texts really aren't that pretty.
In reply to SimSun, and it's somehow the… by Howard-C
That isn't the default, not on Windows anyway.
The angular shapes come from a different Qt version
Not sure what squezzed text you mean, those with a ... in the middle? Make the palette wide enough, MuseScore 2 truncated at the end, MuseScore 3 in the middle, most probably also a Qt related change
In reply to That isn't the default, not… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't think this should be default too but I'm using exactly Windows...
And is it possible to let the shapes be reverted to the original look?
I actually didn't mean the ellipsis, what I meant was, when you move your mouse through different sub-menus there's some distance between the blue highlight areas in MuseScore 2, but there's non in MuseScore 3. Probably isn't that ugly but when combined with the angularity... :P
In reply to I don't think this should be… by Howard-C
I don't get what you mean. The default font on Windows is MS Shell Dlg 2 and has been ever since (in MuseScore 1 and 2 it was that too, no way to change ot though).
Hmm, maybe the default is locale dependant?
In reply to I don't get what you mean… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's weird because the font list has English fonts first, then Chinese fonts (as many software do in China), but SimSun comes after the Chinese fonts, and it's the only one there. And I don't see a MS Shell-ish thing in the list...
In reply to It's weird because the font… by Howard-C
Maybe that's the problem then. This is the standard Microsoft dialog font, but if you've deleted it from your system, that would explain why it can't be found and why a different one is being substituted.
As far as I can tell, the other differences you mention are just side effects of this.
In reply to Maybe that's the problem… by Marc Sabatella
Including the shapes?
In reply to Including the shapes? by Howard-C
If you mean the amount of space around the menu items, yes. My menu looks virtually identical on 2.3.2 and 3.1 in that respect. 3.1 definitely has nicer (IMHO) icons to show the existing of a submenu.
In reply to If you mean the amount of… by Marc Sabatella
I don't know what do you mean by icon, but I don't think the angularity is good looking :o
In reply to I don't know what do you… by Howard-C
I mean the symbol to the right of the menu items like View / Toolbars that indicates there is another submenu to open.
In reply to I mean the symbol to the… by Marc Sabatella
Isn't it already there in MuseScore 2?
In reply to Isn't it already there in… by Howard-C
You showed images comparing both, it looks like a greater sign in 2.x and a triangle in 3.x. Unless I completely miss your point.
In reply to You showed images comparing… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK, if you think that is actually a fine improvement.
In reply to OK, if you think that is… by Howard-C
it certainly is not a deprovement. Just different and due to the change in Qt versions, so not even our decision
In reply to It's weird because the font… by Howard-C
Are you using a Chinese windows?
In reply to Are you using a Chinese… by SqueezeBoxer
Yes.
In reply to Yes. by Howard-C
That's an essential info. That might be the cause for the issue that you are reporting. A Windows that was originally installed in Chinese and switched to a western language is VERY DIFFERENT to a western language Windows. DIfferent default fonts, missing special characters and many more.
Were the screenshots of MuseScore 2 that you also posted taken on the same PC? If not you should do that and post what you get.
In reply to That's an essential info… by SqueezeBoxer
It's on the same PC, I installed MuseScore 2 just to show my original point.
And thank you for noticing this! In fact I didn't change the whole Windows system to English, I only did that to MuseScore, not sure if this's also what you mean.
In reply to It's on the same PC, I… by Howard-C
So let's pass it back to the developers. It seems that MuseScore 3 (or the QT inside) uses system fonts whereas MuseScore 2 "brings what it needs". What you call "squeezed texts" is also caused by the different font: texts created with that "typewriter" font that we see in MuseScore 3 need more space and some internal mechanism shortens the texts by replacing some characters with ...
I'm pretty sure if you switch the language to e.g. German some special characters will be missing.
In reply to So let's pass it back to the… by SqueezeBoxer
Nope, MuseScore 2 also used these defaults fonts, but it didn't allow for changing them, like MuseScore 3 does.
But indeed that default might be different, due to a different Qt version being used
In reply to So let's pass it back to the… by SqueezeBoxer
Did you notice that the "Palettes" and the "Page View" button in MuseScore 2 also use that typewriter font? Only the menu and its dropdown use a sans-serif font,
![MuseScore2_FontUsage.png]( "MuseScore2_FontUsage.png")