Allow non-breaking spaces in Figured Bass input

• Jul 28, 2021 - 13:37
Reported version
3.6
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project

There are times when Figured Bass needs to be input where no note or rest exists. In this case hidden notes can be input but that is a real bother and should not be necessary. A much better solution is to use a non-breaking space to separate figures. The figure remains attached to one note but more figures can follow it separated by non-breaking spaces. It sort of works now, but only for some cases and with slightly incorrect display:

  • the figure has to be on one line
  • the figure can't contain any alterations like a plus or slash
  • after entry the font appears at the wrong size (slightly larger than normal), and the position is slightly off

My suggestion is to allow figures to include non-breaking spaces for all cases and to display the results correctly.


Comments

Figured bass can be entered where there are no notes or rests - just use the Ctrl+number shortcuts as documented in the Handbook.

Not that we couldn't consider supporting non-breaking spaces for other reasons if there are real world use cases for it.

In reply to by Marc Sabatella

Oops! I never got that to work on my Mac, so some time in the past I simply forgot about it. Looking at the list again now I see what I was doing wrong. I had missed the note at the very bottom which says that on Mac the modifier key is not Ctrl, it's Cmd. Then, lo and behold, it works. So thank you. I suppose there's no need for this request.