Reorder sections of Style dialog

• Dec 18, 2018 - 06:36
Reported version
3.0
Type
Ergonomical (UX)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

Many new sections have been added to the Style editor, not always in a logical order. The list is "long and unwieldy" (https://musescore.org/en/node/280195, with an unfortunately unfulfillable request to alphabetize), but it can be slightly reorganized for easier navigation.

Comments

• Dec 18, 2018 - 10:52

Thanks Isaac. Looks great. I can see the order has changed, but the reasoning behind the re-order is not necessarily apparent. Is this something that is documented anywhere (I will admin that I did not check the source).

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• Dec 18, 2018 - 15:44

The new order is loosely based on that of the palettes. The main thing is that the settings for related elements are now listed near each other, instead of being slightly scrambled: line types, text types, instrument names/clefs/key signatures, Articulations/Fermatas, etc., are each grouped together. I also tried to order things within those groups so that the "bigger"/more commonly needed things come first (e.g., the group of text settings starts with Staff Text), while also aiming to keep like with like on a smaller scale (e.g., Figured Bass should be next to Chord Symbols, but Chord Symbols should still be next to Fretboard Diagrams). It's not perfect—some compromises had to be made—but on the whole, I think the new ordering should be easier to figure out.

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