Oh I see, that’s confusing, yes. I knew all the operations you described but got puzzled when I pressed enter.
But still I get “both notes” highlighted even with the caret and then a whole-note when I hit spacebar…
More puzzled than before…
If I select a note or notes, then use Shift+D, <, enter, then I too get a hairpin spanning the duration of the selected notes as in the gif below:
The difference between that gif and the one a couple of posts earlier is that in the earlier gif, I typed Shift+D while the input caret was active. The input caret allows the user to input a dynamic wherever they want instead of at a selected element.
I got it, many thanks!
That was enigmatic!
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You could always enter the half notes, select the second half note (or both), apply the hairpin, then select Force Duration and add the ties.
But personally, I’d just enter the forced, tied half notes and then place the caret where I wanted the hairpin to start and go from there.