Tuplet numbers are being placed above triplet 8th notes by default

[musicmaven1]

In your screenshot, wouldn’t you need to select the 2nd option?:

As far as defaults, did you see this post?

Default Placement for Tuplets

In his Notation book, Gardner Read makes the fair point that tuplets with square brackets should stem from the side of the head of the first note in the group. - This is because the bracket (used when beams are not there to do the same job), resembles and so could be construed as a beam. Thus: Wrong tuplet placement: [wrong_triplet_placement] Correct tuplet placement: [correct_triplet_placement] The manual does not indicate this, though I found… …Can Dorico be set to place tuplets corre…