after creating a system break and a frame break, the created break is not selected. why?

Dorico
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Dear Doricorians,

After creating a system break and a frame break, the created break is not selected.
Is there a reason?
When I create a dynamic marking with a dynamic popover, the created marking is selected, and the properties panel displays all properties of the item.

When I create a break (system and frame), the created marking is not selected, but the item I selected to create a break is still selected. Thus, I must select the created break by mouse pointer to display its properties on the properties panel.

Is there a way that I can see the properties of created break automatically on the properties panel?

Please let me know if I misunderstand the workflow of the breaks.

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This could actually be a nice improvement — I’m thinking of those times when you want to create frames breaks and then invoke some properties (wait for next… or change space size or staff labelling).

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The short answer is that breaks are unusual in that they’re typically created in Engrave mode and they are always created globally rather than associated to a particular instrument, so they are not handled by the generic bits of code that are responsible fro selecting the created item, but I agree this would be useful and I’ve made a note of it.

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+1 from me too.

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Thank you very much!