Table of Contents
Write mode
Write mode allows you to input and edit your music, including changing the rhythmic positions of items, changing the pitch of notes, and deleting notes and items. The available toolboxes and panels allow you to input all the notes and notation items that are most commonly used.
Selecting notes/items
In Dorico Elements, there are multiple different ways you can select notes and items in your project, from selecting items individually to making large selections covering multiple staves. You can also change whether notes play back during note input/selection.
System track
The system track is a translucent line above the top of each system in Write mode. It allows you to add and delete bars and beats, and to select everything on all staves in the system.
Selecting bars with the system track
The system track allows you to select all items, including system objects, on all staves in the system across the selected bars.

Selecting bars with the system track

The system track allows you to select all items, including system objects, on all staves in the system across the selected bars.

Prerequisite

The system track is shown.

Procedure

In Write mode, click a bar in the system track.
Optional: Select additional bars in any of the following ways:
- Shift-click bars to the right/left along the system track.
- Click and drag to the right/left along the system track.
Click System Track Select in the system track. It can also appear above the system track if your selection is narrow.

System Track Select appears filled in when you hover your mouse pointer over it.

Result

Everything on all staves in the selected bars is selected and highlighted, including system objects, notations, and signposts.

Note

If you then delete your selection, any signposts included are also deleted. This can affect the page layout; for example, by removing ossia staves whose signposts were included in the selection.