Cursor won't stay in Speedy Entry Tool

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Al Fine
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Post by Al Fine » Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:24 am

Admittedly, this is a minor annoyance, but an annoyance all the same. Often (but not always), if I've made an entry in a bar using the Speedy Entry Tool, then leave the bar, but immediately click in it again, the cursor won't stay in the bar, and the bar won't stay highlighted. Sometimes I have to click 7-10 times before it does. Here is a specific example. I enter all rests in a bar, with the intention of then double clicking on them to turn the rests into notes. However, if the cursor does not stay in the bar (for whatever reason), then I immediately try to click back in the bar, the cursor won't stay in the bar, and the bar won't stay highlighted. Does anyone else have this problem? I never did until I upgraded to my current version of Finale. As I said, it doesn't happen every time, but it does happen often. Also, sometimes a few clicks will get me back in, sometimes it takes a lot. Thanks!


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Post by Hector Pascal » Thu Feb 28, 2019 3:34 am

I don't use speedy, but you might try Command D to redraw the screen....
Also, do you have a modal plugin window open at times?
Can't think of anything else at the moment... someone else here will know more!
Good luck,
HP.

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Post by Al Fine » Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:46 am

Thanks for you input, HP.

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Post by motet » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:01 pm

Al Fine wrote:I enter all rests in a bar, with the intention of then double clicking on them to turn the rests into notes. However, if the cursor does not stay in the bar (for whatever reason), then I immediately try to click back in the bar, the cursor won't stay in the bar...
Sounds like an inefficient way to enter music, but if the cursor doesn't say in the bar when you fill it, then you likely have "jump to next measure" set in the Speedy options. You can either turn that off, or try using the arrow keys to move back into the bar.

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Post by Al Fine » Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:37 pm

Hi Motet, no, the jump-to-next-measure option is not on in these cases. The cursor doesn't go to the next bar, it just appears over the bar I'm trying to click on, but since it doesn't highlight the bar, I can't make my entries.

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Post by N Grossingink » Sat Mar 02, 2019 3:49 pm

If you already have entries in the bar, make sure you're in the same layer as those entries.

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Post by Al Fine » Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:06 pm

Hi N. Good reminder (although not the problem in this case) :-)

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Post by motet » Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:35 pm

Are you clicking in the middle of the staff?

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Post by Al Fine » Sat Mar 02, 2019 7:34 pm

Yes, directly on the staff, usually on the note/rest on which I'm working (unless it's off the staff, then I hit the measure dead center).

Don't know if it helps to know this, put if I single click and hold on the bar, it highlights (so if I double-click and aim well, I can input one thing). But as soon as I release the mouse, it doesn't stay highlighted. As I said, this isn't a big deal, because it's not happening every single time, but was hoping someone else had encountered and solved it. :-) I'll pay more attention to see if I can pick up on any similarities between occurrences.

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Post by motet » Sun Mar 03, 2019 2:43 am

Time to try recreating the preferences file.

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Post by Al Fine » Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:02 am

Hi Motet, I'm not sure how to go about doing that, will probably just live with this little glitch for now. As always, I appreciate your input, will seek you out if I decide to recreate the preferences file. :-)

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Post by dlonra » Sat Jan 23, 2021 5:17 pm

Unfortunately it seems like a finale issue. Very annoying thing which they should have fixed by now. Called support and they said to adjust the tracking speed but it still doesnt help

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