Maurizio,
This would be a helpful feature. Whichever method you choose, it would be
important to correctly interpret scores created in previous versions of
MuseScore.
David
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Maurizio M. Gavioli <[email protected]>wrote:
> Something similar has already been raised for lyrics, but I think the topic
> is wider.
>
> Elements which can also be places below the staff, or elements which are
> NORMALLY placed below the staff (like dynamics or hairpins) have a single Y
> parameter, which is always relative to the staff top line. For instance, in
> the default style, dynamics and hairpins have a Y offset of 8 sp.
>
> This works well for standard 5-line, single-spaced staves (staff height
> 4sp), but does not work for other staff types like 6-line, 1.5-spaced tab
> staves (staff height 7.5sp) or 3-line percussion staves (staff height 2sp).
>
> If the score contains ONLY ONE type of staff, the styles can be adjusted.
> But if the score contains several types of staff, any setting is correct
> for
> at most one type only. This requires manual adjustment of EACH element in
> the staves belonging to the 'other' types.
>
> I think that:
>
> 1) as a first step, the Y offset for elements normally placed below the
> staff should be relative to the staff bottom line, rather than to the top
> line;
>
> 2) as more general solution, an "above-staff Y" and a "below-staff Y"
> parameters could be used, the former relative to the top line and the
> latter
> relative to the bottom line. The property "Placement" -- which already
> exists but for most element types is not exposed -- could be used to flip
> the position for the non-standard elements (for instance, the occasional
> above staff dynamics).
>
> 3) As an in-between solution, to avoid adding more parameters, the current
> Y
> offset parameter could be interpreted both as relative to the top line for
> Placement ABOVE and as negated-relative to the bottom line for Placement
> BELOW. For instance, an Y offset = -4 would mean 4sp above the top line for
> Placement ABOVE and 4sp below the bottom line for Placement BELOW.
>
> Comments?
>
> Maurizio
>
>
>
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