The rhythm grid resolution, in very small type at the very lower left of the screen in Write Mode, isn’t obvious enough. Perhaps place it in the upper zone, where it could be more visible?
True but why take such an important function and hide it behind a menu or shrink it to an almost unreadable size and stick it way down in the corner of the screen?
You can also assign keycommands to it, as you can see Jesper has done. It’s small and out of the way because I assume most people use keycommands and never look at it. I honestly can’t recall the last time I went down to the corner to click on it. Just go into Preferences / Keycommands and assign whatever you want:
Obviously the standard Alt + bracket shortcuts to increase or decrease the grid resolution work too, but I prefer to have a keycommand to set the exact resolution I want. Remember, Dorico accepts “two-step” keycommands, so you can set a keycommand for a dotted grid resolution this way too.
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TBH, this isn’t a setting that I have to adjust all that often. I would point out, however, as @jesele has also done, you can assign your own shortcuts to adjust the grid. I just used “alt+note value number” to adjust it accordingly,
Jesele has different shortcuts set.
Regardless, the status bar is just that: an inconspicuous status bar which is meant to really stay out of the way of the UI, but be there for a quick glance. Perhaps the team would consider allowing a status bar scale feature, so you could make it a little larger.
Edit: @FredGUnn beat me 
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It’s usually fairly obvious to tell what the grid is set to when it appears:
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As a wearer of progressive-lens glasses who struggles with “mid-distance” (i.e., things like computer screens and music desks) and peripheral focus, I confess to having thought many times, like @Carole_Prietto, that some reasonable UI adjustibility in the status bar size would be helpful.
It’s quite common for my eyes to be directed towards the MIDI keyboard in front of my desktop, and the ability to see just above it the current grid value without having to refocus up on the staff/caret would be welcome. It’s not that I use the corner to click and change it, but that, when composing, I like to confirm the value after I have the next musical bit worked out in my mind and before I start entering it.
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I find I keep the current grid pretty firmly in mind as I’m working, so I rarely need to check it visually. This is aided by using my own direct-access shortcuts. With the default incremental-change shortcuts I do need to watch the status display.
I wear progressives with a strong prescription. When I got computer glasses a few years ago, it was a total game changer. Your optometrist can set you up.
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Thanks, Chester. I actually have a dedicated mid-distance pair (which I agree definitely help!), but still have some peripheral and after-moving-my-eyes difficulty.
And fear not,
I have regular and thorough check-ups with my optometrist.
Really, I do.
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I have found that they do understand, what a client working at a computer environment needs. But they fail when it comes to prescriptions for actual performers, who need to focus on their music stands
(it should only be something like +0.75 diopters). That way one can also check the music stand next to you. The conductor might be slightly out of focus (which is ok), the audience will be slightly blurred, which also might be of advantage
Me too. Progressives, music stand length glasses, and prescription progressive sunglasses in the car. The saxophonist I was sitting next to in the studio the past 3 days has tinted music length glasses, so stage lighting isn’t an issue, which I think is brilliant. I might have to get those too. It takes several pairs to keep me functioning properly LOL!
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I’ve given up pretending that I function properly.
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