Swap outer voices in marked block

In Finale one could quickly ‘marque select’ any number of voices and ‘JW swap’ would swap the topmost and bottommost voices. In this example sop/tenor would swap.

Have I missed discovering the similar equivalent in Dorico? (I know how to swap two selected staves, but that is more work).

Well, sorry, but hiding the Alto with the instrument filter (in galley view) and swaping soprano and tenor is the way to go for me.

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Beat me to it @MarcLarcher

Jesper

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Another more convoluted way:
Select the notes in the top staff->Cmd/Ctrl-X to cut it to the clipboard.
Select the notes in the lower staff->Alt/opt-click the top staff to copy it.
Delete the notes in the lower staff and Cmd/ctrl-V to paste it from the clipboard.

Jesper

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Hmm. The suggested workarounds do add many extra key strokes/mouse moves to a simple task.

It could be useful enhancement if it did function as did the Finale’s JW Swap. Especially as adding that functionality would not impact the existing “swap two staves” functionality.

Wouldn’t it be faster to simply select the notes in the top staff, Ctrl+click (which on Mac might be Cmd+click but I’m not sure) or marquee selecting while holding control(/cmd?) to select the notes in the bottom staff, and then use the Swap command?

If you set a key command for Swap (I have one but can’t remember if it’s there by default), I think that’s hardly slower than marquee selecting from top to bottom and going to the Plugin menu to activate JW Swap. :slight_smile:

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Yes, of course, you are right @Zalde I assumed that the staffs had to be next to each other.

Jesper

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Discovering that the staves do not have to be adjacent for the Swap command to work was one of the many things in Dorico that made me go like this:

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:joy:

Jesper

OK. ** :slightly_smiling_face:** Nothing should change. I have or am adding key commands for everything (on a StreamDeck) including thing like “Paste into NewVoice” which are not well supported in the key command system

Actually if there was any one feature which would make me go for Dorico over Finale it’s its handling of text libretti. Its just so good and doesn’t build up a time bomb :fire:of hidden issues in Finale’s text window. Even now I find it hard to believe I can just add a comma without having to worry what nightmare happens 42 bars previously when the same words are set!