Pasting chord symbols from other score has formatting issues
In MS 2.0.2 under Windows 10 Pro, I copied the chord symbols from one particular measure in a score and pasted them into an identically set measure in a second score.
In the original, I had changed the horizontal offset for one of the symbols. I had left the vertical offset at 0.
When I pasted, the chord symbol with the horizontal offset now mysteriously also had a (negative) vertical offset. See screen shot.
It was easy to fix in the Inspector, but I believe it is a bug for a vertical offset to be introduced here.
/dman
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Comments
Can you attach the score(s) and give precise step by step instructions to reproduce the problem you are seeing?
In reply to Can you attach the score(s) by Marc Sabatella
OK, copy the baritone measure from the "copytest" score and paste it into the piano treble measure from the "pastetest" score. The vertical offset will change from zero to -1.10sp. At least it does for me.
In reply to OK, copy the baritone measure by dman
The text styles differ between these two scores. It seems the paste is preserving the actual height of the chord symbol. The text style applies an offset by 1.10sp, so an offset of -1.10sp is necessary to achieve the same position. I guess this happens only for manually positioned chord symbols.
In reply to The text styles differ by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, the explanation makes sense. I'd still think the code should check for no offset and preserve that on pasting, even into a different style.
In reply to Thanks, the explanation makes by dman
I think in most cases you'd want the style of the destination score honored. In fact, that is one of the main use cases for copy and paste between scores.
In reply to I think in most cases you'd by Marc Sabatella
Understood. In this case, I don't think I had a different style, though. I created the original second score by copying the first. Then I added another voice and changed the page margins so the page printed as I like. I also changed the margins around the lyrics and moved the chord symbols from the baritone voice staff to the piano grand staff.
After I changed the chords in one measure on one of the scores, I copied the measure changes to the other score. And that's when I noticed the issue.
The score sheets I uploaded were taken from the actual ones, but with everything extraneous removed and just the one measure kept.
In reply to Understood. In this case, I by dman
Well, someone or something changed the style, because it's definitely different between the two scores right from the beginning - before the paste. Perhaps you did it inadvertently while trying to fix the positioning at some point before posting the excerpt?
In reply to Well, someone or something by Marc Sabatella
I don't know. I'll just keep my eyes peeled for more trouble. Thanks, Marc.