Sometimes I have difficulty making the Properties panel appear. CTRL-8 doesn’t work, nor does a simple click on the bottom bar or arrowhead. This seems to happen when I have closed all panels with CTRL-0. Is anyone else noticing this situation?
(I can restore the Properties panel–along with the side panels–by typing CTRL-0 again, so I know that work-around.)
Even if you have hidden the Properties panel with Ctrl+0, hitting any of the Ctrl+6/7/8/9 shortcuts effectively undoes Ctrl+0 anyway, so you should always be able to show it simply by typing Ctrl+8 at any point if it is hidden (provided you’re in Write or Engrave mode, of course).
I’m having this problem too. Is anyone else still experiencing this? Frequently both Command+8 and clicking the arrow at the bottom fail to pull up the properties menu. I haven’t been able to notice a pattern as to when this happens. But after I click around for a while, command+8 or clicking the arrow eventually works. Is there something I’m doing wrong here?
Hi Coati.
I have not used shift-0 for many years (4?) and this is a problem I no longer experience… Try not to use it and maybe you’ll be fine?
What platform are you running, @Coati (Windows or macOS)? What are the dimensions of your display? Do you run Dorico full-screen or maximised? If you change the dimensions of the Dorico window, do you find that the problem goes away?
I’m on macOS Big Sur. I do typically run Dorico full-screen or maximized. I did just try making the window smaller and the properties panel came up right away.
Ok maybe that was just coincidence that time. I tried re-sizing the window again when the properties menu failed to come up, and it didn’t work this time. My display is 13.3-inch (2560 × 1600). It always manages to come up eventually, so it’s not a huge issue, but it would be nice if it didn’t happen 
Reviving an old topic please. I am trying to transpose a cue down an octave. I think I followed the various instructions to accomplish this. Attached is what I am looking at. I’ve selected the cue but there is no option being offered in the properties window. Thanks.
If the selection contains more than one type of object (notes, dynamics, cues, slurs, etc.), Properties will only display attributes which the selected objects share. Try going into Write mode and selecting only the cue.
Thanks for the reply. Funny, in write mode I can only select the full sized rest not the cue notes at all.
Try clicking on the cue label (Fl. 1, 3).
Wow, that did the trick! Thanks.
You can also use the filter to narrow down what you have selected.
In this case you would do right-click>Filter (select only)>cues
Very good, thanks Janus.
