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Palettes

    You can add, delete, edit and rearrange palettes and their contents as you wish to create a customized palettes area.

    Adding palettes

    Adding preset palettes

    Only a selection of the total available palettes are visible by default. To transfer more (preset) palettes to the palettes area:

    1. Click on the Add Palettes button in the Palettes sidebar panel
    2. Click on one or more of the + (plus) buttons next to the palette(s) of interest
    3. To exit the dialog, click once more on the Add Palettes button, or press Escape, or click outside the Add Palettes dropdown.

    The newly-added palettes appear at the top of the list of palettes.

    Adding custom palettes

    To add an empty custom palette to the palettes area:

    1. Click on the Add Palettes button in the Palettes sidebar panel
    2. Click on the Create Custom Palette button
    3. Name the palette in the text box provided
    4. Click Create.

    The new palette appears at the top of the palettes list.

    Hiding and deleting palettes

    To hide a preset palette, right click on it and select Hide palette. The palette is returned to the Add Palettes list (see above). Note that preset palettes cannot be deleted.

    To hide or delete a custom palette, right click on it and select Hide/Delete palette. Then follow the instructions in the dialog.

    Changing the order of palettes

    To change the order of a palette simply drag it up or down and drop it onto the desired position in the palettes list.

    Customizing palette contents

    Note: To enable/disable editing for individual palettes:

    1. Right-click on the palette name; or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name
    2. Check/uncheck Enable editing.

    Adding elements from the master palette

    The Master palette is MuseScore’s repository of all musical symbols. To add a symbol from the master to an ordinary palette:

    1. Open the desired palette
    2. Open the Master Palette (Shift+F9 or View→Master palette)
    3. Drag and drop symbols from the relevant section(s) of the Master palette to the ordinary palette as required.

    Alternatively you can access the Master Palette using the More button in the custom palette:

    1. Open the custom palette
    2. Click on More
    3. Use the arrow buttons to navigate through the various sections of the Master Palette
    4. To add a symbol to the palette, click on the symbol and press Add to my custom
    5. To exit the dialog, click once more on the More button, or press Escape, or click outside the More section.

    Adding elements from your score

    To add score elements to a palette:

    1. Open the desired palette
    2. Press Ctrl+Shift, then drag and drop the score element to the open palette.

    Moving elements between palettes

    Symbols can be moved from one open palette to another simply by dragging and dropping them.

    Deleting elements from palettes

    To delete an element in a palette, right-click on it and select Delete. In the case of preset palettes, the element will be moved to the More section. For custom palettes you are offered a choice of Hide (send element to the More section) or Delete permanently.

    Resetting a palette

    To reset a palette to its default state, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Reset palette.

    Note: A custom palet will be reset to an empty palet when this function is applied.

    Saving and loading palettes

    To save a palette, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Save palette.

    To load a previously-saved palette, right-click on a palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then navigate to the desired palette, select it and click Open.

    Palettes menu

    To access display options for the palettes area, click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the Palettes title at the top of the palettes area.

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    • Single-click to open a Palette: Uncheck this if you want to open a palette by double-clicking.
    • Open only one Palette at a time: if this option is checked, when you open a palette other palettes automatically close.
    • Collapse all Palettes: Closes all open palettes.
    • Expand all Palettes: Opens all palettes.
    • Close: Palettes panel closes.
    • Undock: Undocks the palettes panel. See also Windows and panels.

    Palette properties

    To access Palette properties for individual palettes, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Palette properties.

    This allows you to rename the palette, create a visible grid to separate elements, adjust width and height of cells, and change the scale and offset of the symbols.

    See also