Cannot input a time signature on a single staff

Dorico
1

With Magic Keyboard attached to iPad I do the following:

  • select Write mode in a piece that has music in a 4/4 Time Signature
  • select an item that belongs to the treble staff only of a solo piano and start the note input caret.
  • Press Shift-M
  • type in 12/8 into the Time Signature popover
  • press Option+Return

Result: the 12/8 Time Signature is created in both Treble and Bass staves of the piano. (Same results when tried with a single staff instrument. The new Time Signature is created in all staves.)

3

I think that in fact, the Opt key won’t work for individual-staff-notations on the iPad for the same reasons that Cmd-click and Shift-click won’t do selections. I hadn’t yet had a chance to update the manual topics but I’ll try to get that corrected asap. Apologies for the inconvenience in the meantime.

4

Quick note to say I’ve reviewed the documentation for notations that have some sort of local/voice-specific option on the desktop, and published an update to the iPad manual accordingly e.g. here for time signatures.