lyrics placement (above/below) cannot be defined per voice/staff line

• Aug 7, 2018 - 17:39
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

Version 3.0 allows to define the placement of a lyrics line (below/above).
But unfortunately this definition moves all lyrics of all staff lines of the selected version # to this position.

What is needed is a possibility to set the placement per voice and per staff lines. As far as I remind, this already worked in this way for a former 3.0-version.
The reason for this: in many choir scores the notes of 2 voices share the same staff, while the top voice (e.g. soprano) finds this lyrics above the staff, the other voice below.

Have a look at this score for example:
https://musescore.com/bacchus/when-im-64 (page 3)

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• Aug 8, 2018 - 13:55

Lyrics can be placed above and below a staff. Lets assume you have 3 verses. If you switch verse 1 from "Below" to "Above", then only this verse will move. If you change verse 2 then verse 1-2 will move. If you change verse 3 then all lyrics will move. This makes sure the verse numbering is always consistent from top to bottom.

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• Aug 11, 2018 - 09:22

It seems there is a miss-understanding of the requested feature:
imagine 2 voices (e.g. soprano and alto) in the same staff line (same for tenor and bass voice).
The song has e.g. 3 verses
Now, the verses (all 3) of the soprano voice shall appear ABOVE the staff, the verses of the alto voice below.
See the appended example (only one verse, but different lyrics for the 2 voices):
Que sera sera (1).jpg

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• Sep 13, 2018 - 10:00
Status (old) patch (code needs review) ⇒ fixed
Status ⇒ fixed

Fixed in branch master, commit ea2f165a39

fix #275044: lyrics placement cannot be defined per voice/staff line

Add condition to if statement. It allows to change placement of lyrics per voice without affecting to the placement of lyrics per another voice.

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