MuseScore 4 - Keyboard interface is extremely glitchy (Windows)
I've noticed some "bad" keyboard interface behavior in the latest push of MuseScore 4 for Windows.
1) The normal keyboard mechanism for accessing submenus appears broken. Alt- does bring up the appropriate top level menu, but none of the submenus respond properly to the keyboard. For example, to enter RNA mode one should be able to do -A followed by , -- the underscored letters in the appropriate submenu items. But that press of is only firing the first submenu item (Notes) despite the fact that it's keyboard mnemonic is given as "N."
2) In the specific case of RNA, how is one supposed to move to the next beat or measure when entering RNA text? simply completes current entry and drops out of RNA mode. seems to move you through other elements in the UI.
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OS: Windows 10 Version 2009, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.2-230651553, revision: dbe7c6d
Comments
1) Seem to have the same issue on my system.
2) Does this help: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/chord-symbols#rna
Using Space works for me to move to the next beat
In reply to 1) Seem to have the same… by Henk De Groot
For 2) Ah... yes, space does work. I guess I should have read more thoroughly. Space is not very intuitive (for Windows, especially) and different from the prior versions.
In reply to For 2) Ah... yes, space does… by thomaswb
Just to add, for item 1 there seems to be an open issue so hoping this will be resolved in the next release.
In reply to For 2) Ah... yes, space does… by thomaswb
No, space is the the shortcut to move from beat to beat in chord symbol entry ever since (and RNA as well as Nashville Numbers use the same)
What changed in Mu4 is the shortcut to go to the next measure, from Tab to Ctrl+Right
In reply to No, space is the the… by Jojo-Schmitz
You're right, I was thinking of that for next measure (and probably just always did RNA on a measure by measure basis so was just used to tabbing my way through).
BTW, you can define a keyboard shortcut for RNA in Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts, which mitigates the issue with menu mnemonics.
In reply to BTW, you can define a… by Marc Sabatella
This is true, but still, let's get the standard Windows GUI working.