Page Settings margins

• Apr 1, 2014 - 20:47
Type
Graphical (UI)
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

Possibly two issues here. Windows 8.1 64-bit, 2.0 8917b06

First:
1. Create a new score
2. Go to Layout/Page Settings & make it two-sided
3. Adjust up the right margin for the Odd Page Margins by 3
4. The left margin for the Even Page Margins also changes.

Are they supposed to be connected like this? When did this change? I see both opposite margins are linked.

Second:
1. Now adjust up the left margin for the Even Page Margins by one click
2. It will go up a larger value than 1
3. Now try adjusting down the left margin for the Even Page Margins.
4. You can't, it will continue to go up.

Comments

• Apr 2, 2014 - 07:58

First: Yes there are supposed to be connected so that the printable area is the same on both pages. It's by design. It changes some time ago, not sure if it helps if I dig out the commit SHA but it should be possible to find it in the git history.

Second: I can't reproduce. What's the page size you are using? How do you adjust up the margin?

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• Apr 2, 2014 - 13:08

OK, here some shots using the default Mussorgsky piece.

Open Page settings, adjust up the right margin (blue arrow up) under Odd, from 10 to 14
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Now adjust the left margin up 3 times (under Even), it will go to 29
111.png

Now adjust the left margin back down (under Even), each click will increase the margin value again.
112.png

Note that the opposite linked margins (Odd left/Even right) don't show this issue.

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• Apr 2, 2014 - 13:13

Oh, and not that I mind the margin values being linked, but why not the top/bottom values as well? I always adjust them the same amount.

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• Apr 2, 2014 - 16:03

Second is fixed.

Left and right margins are in synced because the layout algorithm depends on a fixed printable area width across the pages. There is no such limitation for the height so... the margins are not synced.

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• Apr 2, 2014 - 16:03

Second is fixed.

Left and right margins are in synced because the layout algorithm depends on a fixed printable area width across the pages. There is no such limitation for the height so... the margins are not synced.

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• Apr 2, 2014 - 16:14

FWIW, it seems to me that different top/bottom margins for left & right pages could potentially be useful if you want to have a different header or footer for left & right pages as well.

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