Using Shortcuts Breaks Alignment Protocols?
EDIT: It appears that most expressive elements (expression text, dynamics) are behaving differently depending on whether I add them using a shortcut or add them from the palette. They are clearly differentiated items as can be seen by the change in colour: blue items behave as normal and expected, purple ones do not.
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Hairpins and dynamic change lines have completely broken for me.
The cresc./dim. lines and hairpins both no longer snap to any dynamic, they don't follow the dynamics during playback (even after I fiddle them into a reasonable spot), they only align to each other - It's so frustrating that it's almost unusable from a playback standpoint and completely broken from an engraving perspective. Infinitely more work for me to get the dynamics and hairpins to look proper so work has pretty much ground to a halt. Is anyone else experiencing this?
Photos with descriptions in the title attached.
Please help :,)
Comments
Try this, instead. Enter the dynamics first. Then apply the hairpins to the notes in between the dynamics. You shouldn't have to fiddle with hardly anything.
In reply to Try this, instead. Enter the… by bobjp
Appreciate the help, but that doesn't work. In the first two photos you'll see that's exactly what I've done - Still not snapping.
That said, for the last year they have snapped regardless of what order they're placed in. I know sometimes that might be the band-aid, but this is likely a little deeper in the code :/
In reply to Appreciate the help, but… by He Shoots, He …
Apply hairpins from the palette instead.
In reply to Apply hairpins from the… by bobjp
The process by which I put a hairpin in my score isn't the issue - the underlying code for the hairpin object is.
In reply to The process by which I put a… by He Shoots, He …
Maybe. But I've always added hair pins from the palette and never had a problem. So maybe there has been a change for the way you do it.
In reply to Maybe. But I've always added… by bobjp
woah.....
Okay, I must apologize - the bug is clearly something else! Take a look: the crescendo from the palette is a different colour than the one applied via shortcut AND it has the proper alignment!
I'll add from palette for now until the shortcut hairpin gets figured out, but I hope that someone else can take a look - the shortcuts are really my backbone
Cheers! :)
UPDATE:
It appears to be elements added via shortcut that present the "purple" unaligned behaviour.
Elements added via the palette present with "blue", expected alignment and behaviour.
Any thoughts?
In reply to UPDATE: It appears to be… by He Shoots, He …
Sorry. No idea why the different color and behavior. I almost never use shortcuts, so I'm not much help. Too many different things to remember. Heck, at my age I don't always remember my name.