From: Christopher Smith
My main worry with that sort of thing (and even with jef's basic idea to merge the tools) is that to get a type of expression that is different in function requires more mouse clicks.
not necessarily, with the "duplicate" button, you actually reduce the number of mouse clicks, because the parameters (font and size, note and measure positioning, etc.) are copied. but the duplicated Text should appear directly below the Text it is a copy of, and the edit field should immediately be made available.
As it stands now, the type and position of the mouse click determines the type of text expression (note- or measure-attached) while in the Text tool double-clicking and dragging automatically puts constraints on the size of the text box, which are things we need to set in both those cases.
contextual assignment already exists for expressions, and to incorporate page-assignment shouldn't be difficult, for example, finale already recognizes different applications of the percentage tool depending on where you click.
there will be user-definable default settings for the Text, including not only font and size, but also leading and all other text attributes (why this is not already the case escapes me...) and for the three manners of attaching it.
contextual behaviour:
- dblclick on note = note-attached; dblclick on measure = measure-attached; dblclick on page = page-attached.
- option-dblclick on note/measure/page = brings up the Text List and automatically creates a new text (based on the default) with positioning assignment already selected according to the place the user clicked (note, measure, page); the user can immediately begin to type the new Text in the edit box. (dblclicking the handle of a Text already assigned in the score behaves same as current behaviour, edit box is immediately called up)
- option-dblclick-drag = new Text with resizable frame (for note-, measure- and page-attached Texts! YAY!) which can be edited on page (as previously with text tool); once defined, dblclick the handle to edit on page, option-dblclick to edit in Text List.
- option-shift-dblclick-drag = assigns existing Text with resizable frame, Text List is called up, user selects, hits enter, and is returned to the resizable Text box with the selected Text inserted.
jef
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