Bug or Design?

Dorico
#1

I have a work for four guitars, one on each of four staves. If I add a hairpin to one part, it also appears in another part:
1.) Select first pitch, then last pitch - it makes no difference if I select the two outer pitches, or if I shift-click to highlight all the pitches; in either case, the pitches on the adjacent staff are not selected/highlighted.
2.) Enter hairpin (with or without mid-point dynamic)
3.) Hairpin(s) appear on two parts

This only happens if the starting dynamic is the same - in this case, both parts are marked piano. Is this intentional? It can certainly save time, but there are many times one part will cresc., while the other(s) remain the same.

I may be missing something (always my default position).

That said, I really like the hairpin-dynamic in the middle-hairpin ability!

#2

Are the identical starting dynamics linked? If so, unlink them before adding the hairpin.
I surmise that when we add a hairpin adjacent to a dynamic, the dynamic and the hairpin are grouped automatically. That’s probably why any other linked dynamics are changed accordingly.

#3

I’m not sure what you mean by “linked.” The first was input, the second alt-clicked; perhaps Dorico interprets that as saying these parts are linked, in some way? How would I unlink them?

Thanks for your response!

#4

When you alt-click on the same vertical line where the original dynamic is copied from (let’s say right underneath on another staff), you copy a dynamic which is automatically linked to the source dynamic marking. Linked dynamics edit together, which is a real time saver 90% of the time, for when you need one staff to be different than the others, right-click that dynamics and choose unlink from the dynamics menu. This will unlink all previously linked dynamics in that column. For removing a single marking and keep the other linked, choose “remove from group”. Grouping is really for the horizontal grouping of dynamics, but can be used in this case to affect a single dynamic in a column

#5

Claude/Florian - thanks to you both. The linking makes sense, now that you explained it. This is where a manual is sorely needed - I have watched the videos, read this board, and so forth. I may have come across this phenomenon in reading, but when I confronted it, I couldn’t recall if I had seen something about this or not. A reference would be really useful. I know it is coming, and the sooner the better!