Staves misaligned after horizontal frame inserted
First, this is not my score. I got it from https://musescore.org/en/node/70056 and replaced the original repeat bars with DS al Coda and associated symbols.
I wanted to physically separate the Coda from the rest of the score, so I clicked on measure 46 and selected Add...Frames...Insert Horizontal Frame. The staves after the frame are no longer lined up with the staves before, as shown in the attached pictures.
I've got no idea what version the score was originally created with, but I'm using 2.0.2 f51dc11 on Windows 7 Home Premium.
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| HorFrameProblem.mscz | 25.61 KB |
| BeforeFrameAlignment.png | 82.62 KB |
| AfterFrameAlignment.png | 105.56 KB |
Comments
File / Info = 2.0.2
The lyrics make the difference. In the absence of notes (with lyrics) add a spacer
In reply to File / Info = 2.0.2 The by Shoichi
Aha! Thanks for the quick explanation. I (obviously) did not think about the lyrics making a difference.
In reply to File / Info = 2.0.2 The by Shoichi
Or add an invisible lyric - would guarantee the same spacing. Something like Ctrl+Space on any note. EDIT: excpet there aren't any notes; you'd have to add an invisible one I guess :-)
In reply to Or add an invisible lyric - by Marc Sabatella
Yes, I added a voice 2 note and lyric (and made them invisible) to get the alignment the same as the preceding measure. It would be nice if there were grid lines that could be turned on and off to help line things up; then the spacer could be placed with confidence.
In reply to Yes, I added a voice 2 note by bbburson
@bbburson, an old trick that might work yet:
https://musescore.org/en/node/28576
In reply to Yes, I added a voice 2 note by bbburson
Don't use the spacer if you value accuracy. Even if you had it lined up perfectly today, tomorrow you might change the font size, or MsueScore's layout algorithm might change, and things wouldn't line up any more. Using an invisible lyric is a guaranteed way to make sure the spacing is the same forever. Doing things by hand is almost always a recipe for creating scores that look OK now but aren't future-proof.