Andrew Stiller wrote:
I hand-position all expressions anyway, because the automatic placement (like engraver slurs) does not meet my standards. Such hand-positioning is made more difficult by the auto-placement apparatus, especially the stupid thingy w. the four triangles that just gets in the way and is impossible to suppress. AFAIK.
You don't need to have the triangles on the screen. Just uncheck the "Adjust above staff baseline" or "Adjust below staff baseline" in the Expression menu and they won't show up on your screen.
If you prefer hand positioning your expressions, just choose "vertical click position" for the note positioning. I know there is no option like that for the horizontal position, but the centering or left/right alignment is a good default for a starting place. If you want to move the expression from there, a few taps of the arrow key or sliding the expression with your mouse is no harder than it was before automatic expression placement was introduced.
Sure, there is a bit of work to organize your expression library with the note placements you want, but you only have to do that once. From there on, it does save time, even if you want to tweak each expression.
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