"Don't Break" element creates hole at end of system

• Nov 30, 2018 - 03:59
Reported version
3.0
Priority
P2 - Medium
Type
Functional
Frequency
Few
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project

Maybe this is intended, but I can't imagine a reason for it.

1) load attached score, which includes a "Don't Break" element at measure 5 (intent is to make sure 5 & 6 stay together)
2) start entering sixteenths into measure 4

Result: after you've entered enough notes that 5 & 6 don't both fit on the line any more, they move to the next system - but it leaves a gap at the end of the current system.

As far as I can tell this renders the feature essentially useless. Not that it is a crucial feature to begin with, but stilll...

Attachment Size
dont-break.mscz 6.3 KB

Comments

When fixing this, let's also make sure it can be added via double-click. We took some pains to make sure everything in 2.x could be added by double-click, but this and the new Staff Type Change element are not handled.

I've marked this critical because the feature is pretty useless as it, so it seems. But it's fine by me to simply disable it (remove the palette element for now).

Status active fixed

Fixed in branch master, commit 8c430e2923

_Re-enable NOBREAK with fixes and new functionality

  • Fix #279071: "Don't Break" element creates hole at end of system
  • Allow more than two measures to be grouped
  • Allow adding/toggling NOBREAK by clicking palette
  • Rename to "Group Measures"
  • Adjust placement of break symbols
    Co-authored-by: MarcSabatella _