Navigating to other items in the music area

You can navigate to other notes and items in the music area after you have selected a note/item; for example, if you want to move the selection to other notes along the staff without using the mouse.

Procedure

  1. Select an item in the music area.

    • If you want to navigate through notes, select a note.

    • If you want to navigate through a particular type of item, such as rehearsal marks, select an item of that type.

      Note

      You can only navigate forwards/backwards through items on the same staff. You cannot navigate to other items of the same type on other staves.

  2. Navigate to other notes or items in any of the following ways:

    • To navigate to the next item or note in the same voice, press Right Arrow.

    • To navigate to the previous item or note in the same voice, press Left Arrow.

    • To navigate to the closest note above the current selection, press Up Arrow.

      This navigates to any existing notes on the same staff first, then to the lowest note/rest on the staff above. If a whole chord was selected, this leaves the bottom note in the chord selected.

    • To navigate to the closest note below the current selection, press Down Arrow.

      This navigates to any existing notes on the same staff first, then to the highest note/rest on the staff below. If a whole chord was selected, this leaves the top note in the chord selected.

    • To navigate forwards to the note/rest at the start of the next bar, press Ctrl/Cmd-Right Arrow.

    • To navigate backwards to the note/rest at the start of the previous bar, press Ctrl/Cmd-Left Arrow.

    • To navigate to the top staff in the system, press Ctrl/Cmd-Up Arrow.

    • To navigate to the bottom staff in the system, press Ctrl/Cmd-Down Arrow.

  3. Optional: Switch the selection to another type of item at the same rhythmic position in one of the following ways:

    • To cycle forwards through items, press Tab.

    • To cycle backwards through items, press Shift-Tab.

    Note

    You cannot switch the selection to system objects, such as system-attached text or rehearsal marks. However, you can select system objects directly and navigate through them.

  4. Optional: After switching the selection to another type of item, navigate to other items of that type.