Scrolling for Durations
This is an improved idea of something I had posted a bit ago... middle click stuff COUGH. So... When you are in note input mode, instead of pressing the 1,2...etc keys to get a note duration, you can instead scroll the mouse wheel for that: if you scroll it in one way the duration you get it smaller than the last and if you scroll the other it will be wider. This may make doing the job faster, because having to check what button you press to get the right duration (or selecting one duration with the mouse) is ... fine but I believe my suggestion makes it faster.
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Not a bad idea per se, but it does break navigation..
Note that there are already double/half duration shortcuts as well as add/remove dots.
In reply to Not a bad idea per se, but… by jeetee
:o I didn't know actually. Though generally when somebody is using the keyboard they will not ,usually, press only the numbers and it's tiring to move your hand around, and the other hand from mouse to board and then mouse again... I also checked that it ruins navigation, so... Maybe right click could be used to navigate? (By the way I think when somebody navigates by scrolling, the movement should smoother, like when you navigate in pages on web)
In reply to :o I didn't know actually… by [DELETED] 32872726
Oh by the way, I just thought that when I want to change between rests and notes it's a bit tiring too: either press the shortcut (don't remember it) or go press the button. So what if we pressed middle click to change between notes and rests? Would that be faster? ( I'm just trying ways to find more uses for the mouse buttons because you don't need to make big movements, unlike in the board. Yes I'm bored to move my hands XD
In reply to :o I didn't know actually… by [DELETED] 32872726
When I use keyboard entry I don't use the mouse at all.
Left hand is near the note names and thus also near the duration half/double shortcuts (which I hardly ever use because...) my right hand is on the numeric pad, handling duration and rest input (0 button).
I hardly ever have to use the mouse during that step. I then use the mouse for a second entry pass, in which that scroll wheel is used intensively for moving around the score, and clicking a(n / range of) element in the score, followed by a click on a palette item.
In reply to When I use keyboard entry I… by jeetee
And if you do use the mouse, rest entry is right-click..
In reply to And if you do use the mouse,… by jeetee
Oh, cool. But isn't mouse required to input notes on the score? You mean keyboard is enough?
In reply to Oh, cool. But isn't mouse… by [DELETED] 32872726
It sure is: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/note-input
In reply to And if you do use the mouse,… by jeetee
This (right-click rest entry) was new to me! I always only user the 0 shortcut. And it is even in the handbook (:facepalm)
In reply to This was new to me! I always… by Jojo-Schmitz
You've only been missing out since 3.1 :)
In reply to You've only been missing out… by jeetee
Very strange that I missed this
In reply to Very strange that I missed… by Jojo-Schmitz
:thonking: What about orchestral scores? What if I want to change from one stave to another? I think this requires mouse, or yet again...?
In reply to :thonking: What about… by [DELETED] 32872726
You can define short cuts to move the current insertion point to the next or previous stave. I have [ALT]+[PAGE DOWN] and [ALT]+[PAGE UP] set up. Not even a squeak from the mouse is required.
In reply to You can define short cuts to… by SteveBlower
.O. Define shortcuts? What about adding stuff from palettes and inspector?
In reply to .O. Define shortcuts? What… by [DELETED] 32872726
Alt-Up/Down works too for changing between voices/staves.
Adding stuff from the palettes and inspector I usually do use the mouse, but all that is possible with the keyboard too. It's not as good as it should be yet, but keep in mind that using a mouse is quite difficult for blind people for example.
In reply to Alt-Up/Down works too for… by jeetee
@jeetee
I think maybe you have redefined those. My shortcut list says Alt+up/down are "Go to higher/lower pitched note in chord". Unless I redefined those myself sometime of course.
Anyway, whatever the short cut is, the point is that there is a long list of commands that are exposed to allow a shortcut to be defined so that keyboard-skilled users can avoid having to resort to the mouse. And let's hope that list of exposed commands gets longer.
In reply to @jeetee I think you must… by SteveBlower
I did not, when you're at the highest/lowest note in that chord, they move on to the next voice/staff as available
In reply to I did not, when you're at… by jeetee
I must admit I have never used that shortcut in that way. It's nice to have more than one way to move from staff to staff.
In reply to When I use keyboard entry I… by jeetee
I often use left hand on keypad, right hand on mouse. But indeed the mouse is not needed at all, MuseScore is capable of almost entirely to be driven by keyboard, current exception is the palettes I think. But note entry doesn't need a mouse at all, if you know the names of the notes
In reply to I often use left hand on… by Jojo-Schmitz
Yes I do that too, but usually I use only numbers and the "n" button to switch mode, but even then I have to do some jumps between them XD ( Also I have to check what number i'm pushing because I'm not used to it... if I get used to it I suppose it will be super fast? )
In reply to Yes I do that too, but… by [DELETED] 32872726
" isn't mouse required to input notes on the score?"
No. In stepwise note input mode, select the duration, hit the note name key (i.e. press A for an A, B for a B, etc.). Then adjust the pitch if necessary using the arrow keys to move a semitone on each press or CTRL + arrow to adjust by an octave. I have found it convenient to set up shortcuts to enter accidentals so I use # before the note name key to add a sharp for exsmple but that is not necessary. After some practice it is pretty much possible to touch type during note entry - much faster than faffing with a mouse.
So the idea is ded or nah?
In reply to So the idea is ded or nah? by [DELETED] 32872726
This one, probably.
But I love the enthusiasm with which you're throwing out new ideas. Please don't get discouraged and keep throwing them!