Editing part names with an accidental don't show your edit
1. Create new score with an instrument that has a flat in its name.
2. Right click staff > Staff Properties
In this window, you'll see that the part name actually says "BaccidentalFlat Trumpet" rather than "Bb Trumpet".
3. Add "s" to the end of "Trumpet"
4. Click "OK"
Result: The part name says "BaccidentalFlat Trumpet".
Second part of this issue:
(Repeat steps 1 & 2)
3. Click on the box with three dots to the right of the Long Instrument Name text box.
4. Replace "accidentalFlat" with the letter "b".
5. Highlight "b" and change the font MScoreBC. This clearly changed the "b" to a flat sign.
6. Click "Ok." And Click "Ok"
Result: Part name does not reflect the edit. The flat sign is just a letter "b".
Comments
Is this perhaps a score you created in 1.3? And which version are you testing with? I can't reproduce with a score created from scratch in either the Beta 1 or latest build. But the behavior of instrument *has* changed some - for the better - since Beta. Among other things, the button with the three dots is gone now; all editing is done directly in the staff properties dialog.
My apologies. I assumed it would be the same with a new score. Yes, this is a score I uploaded from 1.3.
About the three dots, that may be true with in the Nightlies. I have not checked. However with 2.0 Beta 1, I just created a new score with trumpet and clarinet for testing purposes and the box with three dots is still there.
Right, the change was made after the beta.
If you have a particular score you'd like to me to test to make sure it's OK in the latest build, please upload it. I can't reproduce with my own scores from 1.3, but yours might be different in some way. In mine, I find The alignment of the flat sign has changed, but aside from that, things are as expected. I can edit the name normally, and I can reset the name by doing Change Instrument.
Heh, that's so interesting. I just uploaded my 1.3 score to the latest nightly and then went to Staff Properties for the Bb Trumpet part, and there was just a bunch of coding text. The other parts seemed to be fine. I'll upload the score for you to check out.
Also, I just realized the point you made about the box with three dots gone. Since it is, how would we be able to change the style and such. At the moment you can only change the text. I know it's not really ideal to change the style for part names and such, but I actually liked the use of the properties window - the box with the three dots. As it is, if you need to edit the name and insert a flat sign, you wouldn't be able to.
I'll delete score off here once you get it.
*edited*
The "coding text" is correct. That's ordinary html markup - well, a form of it, anyhow. It's how formatting info is stored in text elements where necessary. For 1.3, it was almost *always* stored; for 2.0 Beta, it's normally only stored where it differs from the style default.
So, it is correct that you see the markup here. But you should be able to to edit it just fine. In particular, adding "s" to the end of "Trumpet" works fine, as does editing or removing the markup.
Adding a flat sign is done via that same type of markup. But easier is to do as I suggested above - reset to default by changing instrument, then edit around the flat sign that it inserts for you.
Changing style for instrument names is done the same as all other text - via the style settings. Style / text, or right click any text and select "text style" from the popup menu.
I understand now. So, it would be overall easier if I just reset to default by changing instrument. Didn't think about that.