Fingering text defaults to center justified despite setting in Text Styles
Don't know if this is a bug or feature request.
I use the fingering feature a lot, in an admittedly non-standard way, where I want it to be left-justified.
I go into Edit Text Styles -> Fingering and set the horizontal alignment to left-justified.
But when I select a Fingering number and apply it to a note it always uses center-justified.
I'm forced to go in and select the text and manually change the alignment.
This is extremely tedious seeing as I do this operation a zillion times.
Would love it if new Fingering text alignment would follow the setting in its Text Styles setting.
Thanks,
-td
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Was hoping this was fixed in 2.1.0 but alas, no.
In reply to Was hoping this was fixed in… by tony123dean@gm…
If you want to get fingerings to the left of the noteheads (if I understood your request correctly?), do not use the first set of numbers in the Fingering palette, but the second set of numbers (passing the mouse over the fingering, a tooltip will show you: LH guitar fingering)
EDIT: maybe your talk about the feature in: Add ->Text -> Fingering?
If yes, the other way (via the second set of numbers in the palette) would be an alternative.
In reply to Was hoping this was fixed in… by tony123dean@gm…
No, it works as it should be.
If you add the score you work with, we can be more helpful.
Note: If you use "piano fingering" (the top numbers in the list), Musescore writes it to the top of note, if it is not chord.
If you use "guitar fingering" (numbers listed after p, i, m, a), it writes it on the left side of your notes.
In reply to Was hoping this was fixed in… by tony123dean@gm…
I stand corrected!
This is now working in 2.1.0 just fine.
(But I swear it wasn't in 2.0.3!)
Thank you so much.
-td
In reply to I stand corrected!… by tony123dean@gm…
I see now - if I drag and drop the fingering number to the note, the alignment is correct (as I've set it).
But if I select the note first and double click on the fingering number, it reverts to center-justified.
2.0.3 was probably just the same and I never noticed.
-td
In reply to I see now - if I drag and… by tony123dean@gm…
I'm not sure what you mean by "justified" or "aligned" in this context. That is really more about how text behaves within boxes, or how multiple lines of text behave, and wouldn't normally have any relevance when talking about fingering. probably whatever it is you are trying to accomplish is simply better accomplished a different way, but without understanding what you are actually trying to do, it's impossible to advise further. Feel free to attach a score and describe what effect you want to achieve, and we'll be able to show you the most efficient way to get the job done.
In reply to I'm not sure what you mean… by Marc Sabatella
You're right, this wouldn't normally have any relevance.
But what I'm doing isn't normal - it's completely non-standard, unorthodox, and sure to be offensive to many.
I'm transcribing complicated guitar solos and am particularly interested in notating the left hand fingering used. MuseScore supplies the standard way of doing that - putting fingering numbers to the side of the note. But I haven't found that to be particularly helpful when trying to play back a solo at a reasonable speed.
So I came up with my own notation that works pretty well for me.
It has some of the advantage of tablature without the bloat.
It requires many fingerings to be put on the same text line, which is why I want left-justification.
Attached is an example, for your mortification.
I'm just glad MuseScore has enough flexibility to allow to do my wacky notation.
Thanks!
-td
In reply to You're right, this wouldn't… by tony123dean@gm…
What might make sense for you is to create your own custom palette with fingering texts set up the way you want. See the Handbook for more information on how to create custom palettes.
I don't understand, though, why you are creating one fingering element with lots of different numbers on it. This won't work if the layout of your score ever changes - if the notes get closer together or farther part. One fingering per note will work far better. And if you want them to appear above rather than next to, simply use the piano fingering or string number instead the LH guitar fingering element type.
In reply to What might make sense for… by Marc Sabatella
The one fingering element with lots of different numbers on it corresponds to one string.
There are up to six such elements, vertically spaced to provide a cue as to which string.
I do use the piano fingering, but with one fingering per note I'd have to manually align each number to line up (vertically) with other numbers on that string. By typing one long line (per string) I just have to align each number more or less over the note - but the vertical spacing is exact.
With this system I'm able to play the transcribed solo at a decent clip, with the correct fingering, by just looking at these fingering numbers and not much else. I couldn't do this with standard notation or tablature.
Thanks for your curiosity on this!
-td