# Navigating your score

## Scrolling

### Mouse wheel

* Use the scroll wheel to move the view up and down.
* Use `Shift` plus the scroll wheel to move the view left and right.
* Use `Ctrl` plus the scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

### Scrollbars

Scrollbars appear at the right-hand and bottom edges of the score view. Click and drag them to quickly move the score view up and down, or left and right. Scrollbars are usually hidden from view, but can be revealed by hovering over the edge of the score view with your mouse.

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### Keyboard

You can also scroll the score using the `PgUp`, `PgDn`, `Home`, and `End` keys on your keyboard. If your keyboard lacks dedicated keys for these functions, most systems will also allow you to access these functions by holding `Fn` or a similar key, then pressing `Up`, `Down`, `Left`, or `Right` respectively.

By themselves, `PgUp` and `PgDn` scroll one screenful at a time. This may be less than an actual page of your score. If you hold `Ctrl` (Mac: `Cmd`) while pressing `PgUp` or `PgDn`, it moves a full page at a time.

## Element navigation

When a single element is selected in your score, it acts as a cursor. You can change the selection—and thus move the cursor—using common keyboard shortcuts.

The `Left` and `Right` keys will move horizontally through your score one chord or rest at a time. If you hold `Ctrl` (Mac: `Cmd`) while pressing `Left` or `Right`, you can navigate a full bar at a time.

To move the cursor vertically through the various notes, voices, and staves in your score, use the shortcuts `Alt`+`Up` and `Alt`+`Down` (Mac: `Option`+`Up` and `Option`+`Down`).

You can also use the shortcuts `Alt`+`Left` and `Alt`+`Right` (Mac: `Option`+`Left` and `Option`+`Right`) to select elements other than notes or rests. These commands allow you select almost any elements—including articulations, barlines, hairpins, and more—using the keyboard alone.

In addition, `Ctrl`+`Home` (Mac: `Cmd`+`Home`) will select the first element in your score, and `Ctrl`+`End` (Mac: `Cmd`+`End`) will select the last element. Again, for keyboards that lack dedicated `Home` and `End` keys, most systems provide the alternative of `Fn`+`Left` and `Fn`+`Right` respectively.

See Default keyboard shortcuts to learn more.

## Navigator

The Navigator is a panel that displays thumbnails of score pages. To view or hide the Navigator, click **View** → **Navigator**.

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The blue bounding box represents the area of the score currently in focus in the score view. Click on the box and drag it to move around your score.

## Timeline

A navigation aid that shows instruments and score structure. For details, see Timeline.

## Views

You can switch between different views of the score using the pop-up in the right-hand side of the status bar.

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### Page view

The score is shown as it will appear when printed or exported as a PDF or image file: that is, page by page, with margins. MuseScore applies system (line) and page breaks automatically, according to the settings made in Page settings and Style. In addition, you can apply your own system (line), page or section breaks.

### Continuous view (horizontal)

The score is shown as one unbroken system. Even if the starting point is not in view, bar numbers, instrument names, clefs, time and key signatures will always be displayed on the left of the window.

### Continuous view (vertical)

The score is shown as a single page with a header but no margins, and with an infinite page height. System (line) breaks are added automatically, according to the settings made in Page settings and Style. In addition, you can apply your own system (line) or section breaks.

## Zoom

There are several ways to zoom the score in or out:

### Zoom in

`Ctrl`+`+` (Mac: `Cmd`+`+`)\
or scroll **up** with the mouse scroll wheel while holding `Ctrl` (Mac: `Cmd`).

### Zoom out

`Ctrl`+`-` (Mac: `Cmd`+`-`)\
or scroll **down** with the mouse scroll wheel while holding `Ctrl` (Mac: `Cmd`).

### Status bar zoom controls

To zoom in and out of your score from the **Status bar** controls:

* Click on the magnifying glass icons in the right-hand area of the status bar
* Click the number field to the right of these icons, then type a custom zoom level
* Choose from one of the preset zoom levels in the pop-up list on the extreme right

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### Restoring 100% zoom

This restores the zoom to the default (100%) level.

`Ctrl`+`0` (Mac: `Cmd`+`0`)

## Find/Go to

The **Find**/**Go to** panel allows you to speedily navigate to a specific bar, rehearsal mark or page number in the score.

To show the panel:

* Go to **Edit** → **Find**, or
* Press `Ctrl`+`F` (Mac: `Cmd`+`F`).

To hide the panel:

* Click the **X** (close) button on the left side of the panel, or
* Press `Esc` while the panel has focus.

#### Navigating to a numbered bar

Enter the bar number (counting every bar, starting with 1, irrespective of pickup bars, section breaks or manual changes to bar number offsets).

#### Navigating to a numbered page

Enter the page number using the format **pXX** (where **XX** is the page number).

#### Navigating to a numerical rehearsal mark

Enter the number using the format **rXX** (where **XX** is the number of the rehearsal mark).

#### Navigating to an alphabetic rehearsal mark

Enter the name of the rehearsal mark (the search is *not* case sensitive).

**Pro tip!** It is best to avoid naming rehearsal marks with the single letters “R", “r", “P”, “p", or one of these letters with an integer (e.g. “R1” or “p3”), as this can confuse the search algorithm.


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