I changed staff distance using mouse drag and can't undo, how to get back to defaults?
Very new user. I changed the distance between the staffs (I think that's the term) using SHIFT+left mouse click & drag and saved and closed the program (so I can't use undo). Now I would like to completely undo that change and return to the default distance between the staffs.
As far as I see the change using that drag method is not reflected in Style-->General-->Page settings, so I can't undo the change there. Of course I can use the same drag method to gestimate default distance but I would like the exact same default distance. Is there a simple way to get back to it.
Using 2.3.1
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Welcome!
You can open Style/General.../Page and reset as default
Ops, not so ... I look for another one
In reply to Wrlcome!… by Shoichi
Press 'I' to add a new instrument and use copy and paste?
I hope a better response will come.
In reply to Press 'I' to add a new… by Shoichi
Thanks. Yes, I see copying the notes is one option. It's too bad the drag is not reflected in global style settings.
In reply to Thanks. Yes, I see copying… by stiguli
Add a spacer from the palette to the top stave;
Open Inspector (F8) and adjust it to 6 sp;
Drag the lower stave to the tip of the spacer.
If you look at staff properties on the staff you dragged you will see the additional space is not one. Change this to one and the staff will be back to normal. To see staff properties right click the staff and choose staff properties.
In reply to If you look at staff… by mike320
Great that solves it for me. So you are talking about "Extra distance above staff" Should it be 1 or 0. 0 seems to produce the right result for me.
There is some strange behavior, not that it matters:
--If I set it to 1, it doesn't change back to normal but still slightly bigger. But if I check staff properties again after that change, it has changed to 0, but the staff is still slightly longer.
--If I set it to 0, it does, as far as I can see, change back to normal.
In reply to Great that solves it for me… by stiguli
I'm not sure what else is going on with the staff, but 1 is the default setting. I'm not understanding the other changes you are talking about.
It is important to note that the extra distance is per staff. That is why it is shown in staff properties and not in the style settings, which by definition affect the entire score.
The default is 0. That's why it is called "extra" distance :-). The default distance to which this "extra" amount is applied is set by "Staff distance" (or "Grand staff distance") in Style / General / Page.
In reply to It is important to note that… by Marc Sabatella
Oops, the default for most staves is 0. I was thinking of a case where it had been changed to 1 and made sense.