Sorry to keep harping on this, but I want to ask again if any thought has been given to above/below text settings. I might assume the lack of discussion does mean we've given up on this for now, but since the code *does* already exist, and no one has specifically said it's definitely been decided not to roll it in, I guess I still have hope.
I've been exploring the text style facility of late. I am finding that the ability to define and apply custom styles to text, and the ability to add customized text elements to the palette, really goes a long ways toward making me happy. Defining a "Staff Below" text style and applying it when desired is not that bad. You could also use a custom text style to define better positioning for staves with other than 5 lines. I suppose one could probably even define a plugin and give it a shortcut (?) to apply a text style to a text element in one click. So while I'd still rather have native support, 2.0 does already provide a reasonably usable alternative for many use cases. However, lyrics are still the sore point to me, because one tends to generate so many of them and it's extremely cumbersome to select all the ones you want flipped above the staff, especially if you've already entered the lyrics you want to remain below. Plus the "lyric upper margin" is still applied despite being meaningless for above staff lyrics. So the otherwise reasonably usable alternative of defining custom text styles isn't nearly as good for lyrics as for other text elements. And the use case of wanting a SATB arrangement in closed score with alto & bass lyrics below the staves, soprano and tenor above is pretty common. If there is any way to improve this situation for 2.0, I really think it worthwhile. -- View this message in context: http://dev-list.musescore.org/Elements-below-and-above-the-staff-tp7577993p7578546.html Sent from the MuseScore Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rapidly troubleshoot problems before they affect your business. Most IT organizations don't have a clear picture of how application performance affects their revenue. With AppDynamics, you get 100% visibility into your Java,.NET, & PHP application. Start your 15-day FREE TRIAL of AppDynamics Pro! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=84349831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Mscore-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mscore-developer
