Purpose of double-clicking a note or rest?
Single-clicking a note or rest selects it and allows it to be edited — for example, using the Inspector.
Double-clicking a note or rest, regardless of whether it's already selected, causes all of the buttons on the Note Input toolbar to become disabled (grayed out), but has no other effect that I can see.
Is this a bug? What is double-clicking a note or rest actually supposed to do?
My best guess is that since double-clicking puts certain types of score elements (such as text elements) into edit mode, the same is being done for note and rests, even though this doesn't make sense for them. If this is the case, perhaps this behavior should be disabled, because it's confusing.
BTW, the same applies to other types of elements than just notes and rests (such as time signatures); I just haven't bothered trying to come up with an exhaustive list.
Version information: OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.4.2.9788, revision: 148e43f
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On 3.2.0 Double-clicking a note-> use right/left arrow.
For most elements, double-clicking puts them in Edit Mode, which allows for direct fine adjustment of position and/or shape, either using the cursor keys or dragging. The specifics of how that works differs from one type of element to another. Text is actually unusual in that edit mode is not for those fine adjustments but for actually editing the text. Note that as of 3.4, some other elements can be manually adjusted in this way even without double-clicking as well, but even so, double-click is still the way to go to edit mdoe and potentially open up more possibilities for manual adjustment.
In reply to For most elements, double… by Marc Sabatella
Right. My point is that edit mode should be disallowed for elements that don't (yet) have special edit-mode functionality, such as notes and rests.
In reply to Right. My point is that edit… by Spire42
Notes/rests do have an edit mode
In reply to Notes/rests do have an… by Jojo-Schmitz
What can you do with notes and rests in edit mode? I can't figure it out.
In reply to What can you do with notes… by Spire42
move left/right/up/down using the cursor keys, without change pitch or moving to next/prev note
In reply to move left/right/up/down… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you!
This is useful functionality, but highly undiscoverable. I wonder what can be done to improve the discoverability.
In reply to Thank you! This is useful… by Spire42
Seems documented in https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/edit-mode
In reply to Seems documented in https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's good that it's documented. And I admit that I really should have reviewed the documentation before posting here.
But when I was talking about discoverability, I was talking about the user being able to figure out that it's possible just by using the application. Usually this is done by providing a visual affordance to the user, such as (for example) drawing small directional arrows around a note that's in edit mode to indicate that it can be nudged around.
In reply to It's good that it's… by Spire42
Ah, I see. Yes, there is room for improvement ;-)
In reply to For most elements, double… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, and sorry I wasn’t clear that what I wrote does apply to notes and rest. As far as I know, though, edit mode is only enabled where actually relevant.