I notice that right-clicking on the handle gives an option to change the vertical position by number, but not the horizontal, which in the case of a breath mark is equally important.

Thank you very much for your idea and comment. But the problem is that the value Default Vertical Position and also "Handle Positioning" both apply only to the default position. When you change the position of the articulation, both values are unaffected.

Hello Rapahel,

the JWLua script below features an Articulation Inspector Window where you can edit all positioning values to your needs. Select the region, launch the script and edit the horizontal/vertical values in the displayed table.

Schöne Weihnachten/Merry Christmas,

Harald

P.S.: MM, this forum lacks basic abilities to post scripts. Formatting is gone, files can't be uploaded. Ain't really fun.

function plugindef()
finaleplugin.RequireSelection = true
finaleplugin.MinFinaleVersion = "2010"
finaleplugin.Author = "Harald Schollmeyer"
finaleplugin.Version = "1.0"
finaleplugin.Date = "23.12.2016"
finaleplugin.AuthorEmail = "hschollm@gmx.net"
finaleplugin.CategoryTags = "Articulation"
return "Articulation Inspector", "Articulation Inspector", "Edit articulation positions in a table"
end

local str = finale.FCString()

-- Dialog Window
str.LuaString = "Articulation Inspector"
local dialog = finale.FCCustomLuaWindow()
dialog:SetTitle(str)
dialog:SetClientWidth(180)

-- Static Info Line
local static1 = dialog:CreateStatic(0,0)
static1:SetHeight(20)
static1:SetWidth(160)

-- Edit Field Descriptions
local static2 = dialog:CreateStatic(100,30)
static2:SetHeight(30)
static2:SetWidth(90)
str.LuaString = [[Enter new Vertical
and Horizontal values:]]
static2:SetText(str)

-- Edit Fields
local e1 = dialog:CreateEdit(105, 55)
local e2 = dialog:CreateEdit(130, 55)
e1:SetWidth(20)
e2:SetWidth(20)

-- Data List for Articulation Position Data
local datalist = dialog:CreateDataList(0, 30)
datalist:SetWidth(95)
str.LuaString = "Art.ID"
datalist:AddColumn(str, 30)
str.LuaString = "Vert."
datalist:AddColumn(str, 30)
str.LuaString = "Horiz."
datalist:AddColumn(str, 30)

-- Fill the datalist
local CountArticulations = 0
for noteentry in eachentry(finenv.Region()) do
local articulations = noteentry:CreateArticulations()
for a in each(articulations) do
local row = datalist:CreateRow()
row:GetItemAt(0).LuaString = a.ID
row:GetItemAt(1).LuaString = a.VerticalPos
row:GetItemAt(2).LuaString = a.HorizontalPos
CountArticulations = CountArticulations + 1
end
end

-- fill the static info line
str:SetInteger(CountArticulations)
str:AppendLuaString(" articulation(s) found in the selected region")
static1:SetText(str)

local OldLine = -1

-- callback function when datalist gets selected
local function handler( datalistctrl , lineindex )
local s = finale.FCString()
if (OldLine > (-1)) then
local datalistrow = datalistctrl:GetItemAt(OldLine)
s = e1:GetInteger()
datalistrow:GetItemAt(1).LuaString = s
s = e2:GetInteger()
datalistrow:GetItemAt(2).LuaString = s
end

-- After each click, the datalist gets unselected and the handler
-- gets called with lineindex = -1. So we have to check for that (bug?):
if (lineindex > (-1)) then
local datalistrow = datalistctrl:GetItemAt(lineindex)
s = datalistrow:GetItemAt(1)
e1:SetText(s)
s = datalistrow:GetItemAt(2)
e2:SetText(s)
OldLine = lineindex
end
end
dialog:RegisterHandleDataListSelect (handler)

-- OK/Cancel buttons
dialog:CreateOkButton()
dialog:CreateCancelButton()

-- Execute the dialog and, if OK, rewrite the datalist to all articulations
if dialog:ExecuteModal(nil) == 1 then
local n=0
for noteentry in eachentry(finenv.Region()) do
local articulations = noteentry:CreateArticulations()
for a in each(articulations) do
local row = datalist:GetItemAt(n)
a.VerticalPos = row:GetItemAt(1).LuaString
a.HorizontalPos = row:GetItemAt(2).LuaString
n = n+1
end
articulations:SaveAll()
end
end

Brilliant. Thank you so much, Harald! Frohe Weihnachten!