It would save me a ton of time doing publication level engraving to be able to (especially in parts) select a group of not necessarily similar objects, like a rehearsal number, a tempo marking, and a text marking and with a single click or keystroke, line them up perfectly.
(I’m going to feel like an idiot if it’s already there, since I couldn’t find it.)
I agree! I always liked the Sibelius-functions of “align horizontally” and “align vertically” which work the same way. Analogue functions in DORICO are sorely missed up to now…
At the face of it, I agree. I’d also love there to be guide rulers with a “snap to ruler” option.
That said, this seems to me to pose a number of issues particularly for horizontal adjustment:
what are we aligning? baselines? outer edge? vertical center (when aligning horizontally) or horizontal center when (aligning vertically)? Different objects have different means of aligning. I think it would be neat but I just wonder if it is feasible to accomplish with the usual amount of panache.
This alone would save me much more headache than a multi-purpose alignment tool! (Which would be nice, too.) I still find that Dorico’s vertical collision avoidance is a little overzealous.
I’m sure you still remember how Sibelius handled it. It’s certainly good enough. And any incipient, introductory implementation could easily be improved on with scripting in the meantime.