When I deselect an item, there are properties that continue to be displayed in the Common Properties panel section. Do they have any meanings? It seems like an unnecessary appearance.
The same occurs in Engrave mode.
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The Common controls are never disabled regardless of whether they apply to anything selected or not. I think the Team regard disabling them as too expensive. I agree that it is misleading (and, for detail-oriented people like us, frustrating) to be presented with controls that donât do anything. But from years of experience with Sibelius, I am sure this will never be âfixedâ because they will always have many more important things to do.
Just one userâs opinion: this is really unimportant.
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I sometimes wonder whether a user actually uses the program or just looks for âbugsâ to report.
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Can I just ask where you have seen enabled controls that donât do anything in software other than Sibelius and Dorico?
As for work, I just finished an opera score, 1800 bars, 267 pages of parts. (My first time to use cues in Dorico; excellent.)
This is a bug. If I select something with the properties panel open and then deselect that item the âcommonâ pane is populated. If I then close the properties panel and re-open it, the âcommonâ pane is empty. (Dorico 3.5.12)
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Seriously? What does it stop you doing? How does this behaviour impede your workflow?
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I get it though, and I rescind my earlier comment. There have been plenty of times where Iâve taken 5 minutes to raise an issue on the forum that I could have corrected myself in 30 seconds. Itâs because I feel a sense of personal âownershipâ in this software, and we want to do our part to make Dorico as good as it can be.
I guess itâs up to Daniel and the team to decide whatâs worth fixing and what isnât.
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OK. You have me there. Itâs just annoying. Happy now?
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Yes, I donât think itâs important either. If it is something that can be easily fixed, it may be fixed in the near future.
Huh. I had never noticed that. Good spot!