Errors in Measure count in status bar
When I exclude measure{s) from the count, the measure count shown in Status Bar shows all measures counted.
Therefore - measure count in the score does not agree with measure count shown in the status bar.
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The status bar always shows the absolute and internal measure number.
There is a PR pending to also show the relative measure number, if it is different
In reply to The status bar always shows… by Jojo-Schmitz
Does it mean that the discrepancy between printed/displayed score measure number and the measure number displayed in the status bar is intentional and cannot be corrected?
Personally I do not care about "internal measure number". I am editing a score and the expect status bar to be accurate, not approximate.
In reply to Does it mean that the… by mountbest@gmail.com
Only the internal measure numbers are akkurate. And yes, this is by design.
In reply to Does it mean that the… by mountbest@gmail.com
Consider section breaks:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/breaks-and-spacers#section-break
A section can have its own measure numbering independent of the rest of the score.
So theoretically a score can have measures with the same number.
Example:
Suppose a score consisted of 20 exercises, each exercise consisting of 12 measures. Section breaks are added between exercises so that each exercise will have its measures numbered 1 - 12 on the score.
Measure #6 will appear in 20 different places in such a score, which is why the status bar assigns every measure a unique and consecutive number. It is accurate, and not approximate at all.
In reply to Consider section breaks:… by Jm6stringer
For a programmer the absolute measure count is meaningful.
But for a musician? Musician wants to know what is the measure number in any given section that he/she is working on at any given moment. So, can we ADD "section-measure-number" to the status bar?
In reply to For a programmer the… by mountbest@gmail.com
As mentioned a PR with this addition is pending, see https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/5071 and #288968: Include both correlative and user-defined measure number in status bar
In reply to For a programmer the… by mountbest@gmail.com
The idea of the pending PR is to add the section number or modified measure number to the status bar. In any case, if you use ctrl+f (the find function) you will need to look for the internal measure number not the modified measure number to get to a certain point in the score. The internal measure number is guaranteed to be unique, while you can have multiple measures with the same printed number on it. As a user the internal number is important.