Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog

The Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog allows you to edit the appearance and arrangement of single chord symbol instances, without changing the project default appearance of that chord symbol. For example, if you want the first Gmaj7 chord symbol to appear differently than all subsequent Gmaj7 chord symbols.

  • You can open the Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog in Engrave mode by selecting the chord symbol you want to customize and pressing Return, or double-clicking a chord symbol.

Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog

The Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog contains the following sections:

  1. Editor

    Allows you to arrange and edit the components that make up the chord symbol.

    As well as using the controls at the bottom of the dialog, you can move individual components in any of the following ways after selecting them in the editor:

    • Press the standard key commands for moving items. For example, press Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move components to the right, or press Ctrl/Cmd-Alt/Opt-Right Arrow to move components to the right by larger increments.

    • Click and drag each component.

    Note

    You cannot move the first component in chord symbols.

    In addition to using Scale, you can also change the size of components by clicking and dragging the square handle in the top right corner after selecting a component in the editor.

  2. Controls

    Allow you to move individual components and change their size. You can also reset their position and size.

    • X offset moves components horizontally. Increasing the value moves components to the right, decreasing the value moves components to the left.

    • Y offset moves components vertically. Increasing the value moves components upwards, decreasing the value moves components downwards.

    • Scale changes the size of components. Increasing the value increases the size of components proportionally, decreasing the value decreases the size of components proportionally.

    • Reset X offset resets the horizontal position of the selected component.

    • Reset Y offset resets the vertical position of the selected component.

    • Reset Scale resets the size of the selected component.

  3. Components list

    You can create new components and edit existing components by clicking the respective button in the action bar.

    • Add Component

    • Edit Component

    Clicking either button opens the Edit Chord Symbol Component dialog, in which you can create new components and edit existing components. Editing components from inside the Edit Chord Symbol Appearance dialog only affects the selected chord symbol.