MuseScore does not remember screen status
If I recall correctly, MuseScore used to remember the status and position of View menu items such as mixer, synthesizer, Navigator, Play Panel etc., on closing the program, and restore them on reopening, but this no longer appears to be the case. I noticed this first with the Navigator, but it seems this applies to all but the Mixer and Synthesizer. I use a two-monitor setup, with the score screen on one display, and the mixer, Inspector and other windows arranged on the second monitor. It is a simple matter to restore the windows on startup, but puzzling nonetheless.
Is this a glitch on my system? I'm using a 3.6.2 on a new Asus VivoBook.
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Have you tried putting a tick mark in the 'Show play panel' and 'Show navigator' boxes?
See the image here:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/preferences#general
In reply to Have you tried putting a… by Jm6stringer
That works.
I don't recall having to do that before. I just clicked them under the View menu, and the choice was remembered for my next session. MuseScore remembers the menu settings for the mixer and synth, why not the Navigator?
I do remember some discussion about a general recommendation not to rely on the Navigator too much, as it slowed things down when working on larger scores. I also vaguely recall some talk about not immediately loading some functions on startup to free up CPU time to load more essential items like sound libraries. Is it possible that this is a function which was moved down the list of startup items?
In reply to That works. I don't recall… by toffle
It's been that way ever since
In reply to It's been that way ever since by Jojo-Schmitz
"It's been that way ever since"
Ever since what? Do you mean from the earliest versions of MS? In that case, it would have been a selection I made back in MS 1.x. In any case, I have no recollection of changing that preference at any time, most certainly not when I updated to 3.6.2. Most other preferences are ported over from version to version.
In reply to "It's been that way ever… by toffle
1.x, 2.x and 3.x don't share settings with one another, just amongst them, within the series
In reply to 1.x, 2.x and 3.x don't share… by Jojo-Schmitz
OK
But I've been using MS 3 since it was released, and don't recall ever having to confirm that selection other than through the View menu. As I said above, MS remember other choices from the View menu. Why not the Navigator?
And I still don't know what you mean by "ever since".
In reply to OK But I've been using MS 3… by toffle
Ever since Adam and Eve, all versions. Except that for 2.x or 1.x, before the timeline got added, it was the default IIRC
Enabling it is always my first action after a factory reset or fresh install
In reply to Ever since Adam and Eve, all… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok. Thanks.
In reply to "It's been that way ever… by toffle
The Navigator was king back in MuseScore 0.9.5!
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5FnEEwElDg
at 1:41
Alas, its F12 shortcut has been co-opted by Timeline.
;-)