Editing text in measure number doesn't work

• Mar 2, 2020 - 06:16
Reported version
3.x-dev
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project

Double click on a measure number to edit the text.
Start typing.

Result: The cursor moves to the left and does nothing

Editing a measure number text might be useful in some cases (from Gould: behind bars page 257):
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Comments

Status active by design

Measure numbers are generated automatically and as such not editable. You can change a measure's properties to offset the measure numbers

Status active by design

I can't edit any measure number (more specificially: it is not possible to put measure numbers into edit mode) -> no bug
Measure numbers like you show Gould to mention are (currently) not supported by MuseScore -> by design
Might be worth a feature request.

Workaround No Yes

You could 'fake' them as rehearsal marks. Or without those letters, via measure properties and measure number offset

You are right. Me too, I can't edit them anymore... I should've screenshot it when I could. I don't know how I got there...

Status by design active

Found it again.
1) double click: it is not editable
2) drag it around
3) Double click again: now it is editable

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Severity S4 - Minor S5 - Suggestion

> Measure numbers like you show Gould to mention are (currently) not supported by MuseScore

Which is why this is a good suggestion ;-)

Severity S5 - Suggestion S4 - Minor

Please don't mix the bug reported here (measure number pretending to become editable after a drag) with the enhancement (allowing letters being appended to measure numbers, not yet files in the issue tracker)