Backslash (\) does not produce tenuto marking (other key commands work)

ericmthomas · June 30, 2025, 7:24am

Good day to all. According to the key commands list (macOS, German keyboard) the backslash (produced by pressing shift-opt-7) should, in write mode with a note selected, produce a tenuto marking on that note. It doesn’t work for me–it has no effect.

“Reset to factory” in preferences didn’t help. In a text editor, shift-opt-7 produces a backslash so the key combination appears to be correct. Other key commands work as listed. It’s obviously not a serious problem as I can use the mouse and the appropriate button to produce the marking but it is a bit annoying. Does anyone else have this problem?

jesele · June 30, 2025, 7:30am

Doesn’t work here either on a Swedish keyboard.
You could set another command.

Jesper

JuergenP · June 30, 2025, 7:46am

Where do you see the backslash for Tenuto? I’m on Windows, but I think it is the same on Mac and Dorico 6 shows me the Hash (#) as Tenuto switch.

I haven’t changed the default settings in this area, so this is what the preferences show me for Tenuto

ericmthomas · June 30, 2025, 9:03am

Thanks for the quick replies! Somewhere I saw the hash mark as well but that didn’t work either. I haven’t tried Jesele’s suggestion yet.

zzjrh7 · January 27, 2026, 5:14am

I have a custom keyboard from KB Covers designed for Dorico and it has the same problem. When I try (shift) 3 I get the correct tenuto mark above the note I have selected. Will this error be corrected in the next release of Dorico?

Thanks!

Zalde · January 27, 2026, 6:35am

This somehow has to do with US vs. UK keyboard layouts (on a UK keyboard the # is located near where the \ is on a US keyboard). I gather you’re on a US keyboard but somehow Dorico defaulted to the UK shortcut for tenuto. You can change the key command in Preferences as @jesele shows above.