When adding lyrics, typing the letter "I" (capital i) and hitting space sends the cursor back a word
I had long noticed that when typing lyrics, if I'm typing quickly, occasionally the cursor will oddly jump back a word; recently I've been able to narrow it down to a very specific behavior. When I type the word "I" (capital i) and immediately hit space, the cursor will almost always jump back to the previous word. I find if I type the I and wait a moment before I hit space, it works fine. It's almost as if there's some kind of macro that detects "I + space" in quick succession.
For example, if I'm typing in the following lyrics:
"Don't you ever say I just walked away"
After I type "I" and hit space, instead of moving to the next note so I can continue with "just", the cursor jumps back to "say" and if I'm not paying attention I overwrite it.
Here's a short gif of the behavior: https://gfycat.com/adorablewellgroomedamberpenshell
Thanks!
Comments
Check your shortcuts (Edit > Preferences > Shortcuts) for any shortcut including the L. And/or revert to factory settings
I didn't see a shortcut that would cause the issue; the only thing related to the letter I (eye) is the Instruments dialog. I did try a factory reset, and that does seem to have fixed it, oddly enough. I didn't have many custom things to lose, but my scores look a good bit different now!
Probably you are not letting go of Shift fast enough. Shift+Space is a shortcut to go back a lyric.
Indeed, could be the Shift key itself is a little sticky.
Scores shouldn't be affected one bit by factory reset - only the behavior of the program. If you believe you are seeing a difference, best to ask for help on the Support forum and attach the score you believe looks different than before. If you have a PDF or other image of how it looked before, that would be helpful.