Add comments to a score (Changelog, notes etc...)

With some minor changes the flashing dialog can be removed.

Use a window object and only display it if a score is open.

You need to import the window type with
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import QtQuick.Window 2.2
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The top of the code then should look like this:

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import QtQuick 2.1
import QtQuick.Controls 1.0
import QtQuick.Window 2.2
import MuseScore 1.0

MuseScore {
menuPath : "Plugins.Comments"
version : "2.0"
description : qsTr("This plugin adds comments to your score")
pluginType : "Dialog"
//requiresScore: true // needs MuseScore > 2.0.3

onRun : {
if (!curScore) {
Qt.quit();
} else {
window.visible = true;
}
}

Window {
id : window
width : 400;
height : 300;
visible : false

Label {
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And to save the text if the window is closed by clicking the windows X tool at the end of the Window object (still within it) add:
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onClosing : {
if (curScore)
curScore.setMetaTag("comments", abcText.text)
Qt.quit()
}
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I also like the plugins to remember where I left the window last time I used it, and by using window we can.

At the end of the window object (still within the window object) add :

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Component.onCompleted : {
if (curScore) {
var metrics = curScore.metaTag("metrics");
if (metrics) {
metrics = JSON.parse(metrics);
window.x = metrics.x;
window.y = metrics.y;
window.width = metrics.width;
window.height = metrics.height;
}
}
}
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And change the on closing to:
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onClosing : {
if (curScore) {
var metrics = {
x : window.x,
y : window.y,
width : window.width,
height : window.height
}
curScore.setMetaTag("comments", abcText.text)
curScore.setMetaTag("metrics", JSON.stringify(metrics));
}
Qt.quit()
}
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I initially missed the mod to close the window on escape, we need to modify the key handler to:
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Keys.onPressed : {
if (event.key == Qt.Key_Escape) {
if (curScore) {
curScore.setMetaTag("comments", text)
var metrics = {
x : window.x,
y : window.y,
width : window.width,
height : window.height
}
curScore.setMetaTag("metrics", JSON.stringify(metrics));
}
window.close();
Qt.quit()
}
}
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Full code with these mods is available here:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VsWhX7ThMM693D7e_tggjuDBndC8sIpqXWV…

Copy and paste it to a new plugin.

I can't find out what pluginType : "Dialog" actually does, but as it runs with it there, I left it in.

There is an awful lot of functionality in the QML environment, I'm just getting to grips with some of it.

Hope it helps.