Try :
\set Staff.figuredBassAlterationDirection = #RIGHT
\set Staff.figuredBassPlusDirection = #RIGHT
Hope it helps,
Jean
Le dimanche 04 janvier 2026 à 01:24 +0100, Hyacinthe Besmoker a écrit :
> > It seems that you've missed in your example code that `\figuremode`
> > is
> > part of the 'Staff' context...
>
> You're absolutely right, I completely forgot about that! Now it all
> works beautifully, thank you so much for this!
>
> If I may ask another question - I noticed that in \figuremode used
> alone, the selection of the glyphs seems to be very limited compared
> to the \new FiguredBass:
>
> \version "2.24.4"
>
>
> \new Staff <<
> { \clef "bass" b2~ b4 a g2 d }
> \new FiguredBass \figuremode {
> \set figuredBassPlusDirection = #RIGHT
> <5\+>2 <2\+>4 <6 4> <4\+>2
> }
> > >
>
>
> \new Staff <<
> { \clef "bass" b2~ b4 a g2 d }
> \figuremode {
> \set figuredBassPlusDirection = #RIGHT
> <5\+>2 <2\+>4 <6 4> <4\+>2
> }
> > >
>
> Any idea how to get these glyphs in \figuremode alone? Or, taking it
> from another angle - how to use \new FiguredBass and achieve the same
> behavior of the figures (following the contour of the bass line) as
> in \figuremode alone?
>
> Many thanks for your help!
>
> H.
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, it is indeed the same problem, except that I added yet
> > > another
> > > layer of complication to it - I am NOT using \new FiguredBass,
> > > but
> > > only \figuremode, because I don't want the figures to be
> > > horizontally aligned.
> >
> > That's not a complication at all.
> >
> > > But in either case, the figures are not centered over the notes
> > > and
> > > the workarounds Werner found don't seem to work as intended (with
> > > them the figures are too far to the right).
> >
> > It seems that you've missed in your example code that `\figuremode`
> > is
> > part of the 'Staff' context...
> >
> > If you don't mind to prefix figured bass on full notes with a
> > macro,
> > you might try the following simple solution. I can imagine that
> > one
> > of our Scheme gurus would be able to get rid of the prefix
> > altogether,
> > automatically adding the proper offset for all note heads depending
> > on
> > the musical length.
> >
> >
> > Werner
> >
> >
> > ===================================================================
> > ===
> >
> >
> > \version "2.24.4"
> >
> > F = \once \override Staff.BassFigure.X-offset = #0.5
> >
> > \new Staff <<
> > {
> > \clef "bass" c8 f g b d' d b4 \break
> > c'2 c d1 c
> > }
> > \figuremode {
> > <5>8 <6> <7> <6 5> <3 4>8 <6> <6>4
> > <5>1 \F <6 4+ 2\+> \F <6>
> > }
> > > >
> >
> > \layout {
> > indent = 0
> > \context {
> > \Staff
> > \override BassFigure.X-offset = #0.2
> > }
> > }
> >
> > \paper {
> > line-width = 70\mm
> > }
