allow flat and sharp symbols being used to enter chord symbols

• Sep 26, 2014 - 22:19
Type
Functional
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

In addition to the easier method of just using a plain # or b, which then automatically turns into a sharp of flat symbol, it seems user friendly to also allow using these symbols directly.

See discussion in http://musescore.org/en/node/34606

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• Sep 26, 2014 - 22:26

We may even go a step further and allow arrow down to mean flat and afro up to mean sharp, just like in note entry more. And/or allow the use of the same shortcuts for this

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• Sep 27, 2014 - 00:03

The arrow bit is more than one more step - chord symbols are just text, and redefining get the behavior of arrow keys in this way would be an undertaking. But it's easy to convert the symbol into the plain text equivalent upon leaving edit mode; that's how I plan to address this. So it gets turned into plain text before the start of the rendering process, then back to the symbol in the rendering - but the text portion (which is stored separately) remains plain text. So only the plain text is stored in the file, and next time you double click the chord, you will also see the plain text.

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