Underscore not working for lyrics melisma on AZERTY keyboards

• Feb 1, 2023 - 14:44
Reported version
4.0
Type
Wording/Translation
Frequency
Few
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
Yes
Workaround
Yes
Project

1) Underscore key for lyrics writing is not working. (ie, nothing happens when pressing the key)
2) Underscore with "Ctrl + underscore" works well
3) I'm using a French AZERTY keyboard


Comments

Status active needs info

Can you explain what you mean in more detail? Are you trying to create a melisma? Are you pressing the underscore key once for every note you wish to extend it under? PRessing underscore once only won't produce any visible result indeed; a single note isn't a melisma.

Try to redefine the shortcut: Edit/Preferences/Shortcuts
The value must be "melisma"
The default shortcut doesn't seem to work with an AZERTY keyboard.

Title Underscore bug Underscore not working for lyrics melisma on AZERTY keyboards
Status fixed active

That's a good workaround, but should work out of the box

In reply to by Jojo-Schmitz

Several issues linked with melisma (using AZERTY keybord, windows 11, French version):
1. the menu of edit/preferences/shortcut definition has no lift.
2. After having put the melisma on the lyrics, I merged the notes : the melisma (underscore) should disappear, but it remains. I could let it disappear only after keying again on the shortcut for melisma. On Musescore 3, it disappeared alone, or disappear when keying again the lyrics with spaces or dash between syllabus.