• Registered: 2007-07-01
  • Posts: 10

Topic: Occasional Chord Alignment Glitch when Editing

Hi,
Firstly, congtratulations on a superb resource, I LOVE it!

But one problem I have is an occasional misaligned chord when editing my songbook.
For example (from the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down) – if I type in…
[Am] And like my brother a[C]bove me, [F] who took a [Am]rebel [Dm]stand.

The second Am should appear above the ‘r’ of rebel, but instead it appears to the left of the word above a newly-created space of about 5 blanks (very annoying!). Strangely, there is no alignment problem if the [Am] is changed to [A], or if the [Dm] is removed, or if the line is truncated to end with ‘rebel’.

Similar alignment glitches have occurred elsewhere when editing songs. What’s going on? (I am using IE7 with the latest updates of XP).

Tom

  • From: Starkville, Mississippi USA
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 2,069

Re: Occasional Chord Alignment Glitch when Editing

Hello tom456 and welcome to chordie!  I have also noticed the alignment glitch and it is frustrating because it seems to happen at seemingly random places.  If it is any consolation, this is a relatively new bug . . . there was a major upgrade of hardware and software a couple of months ago and this oddity seemed to start occuring about that time.

This is the sort of thing that the one and only 'Mighty Admin' must handle as he is the programmer with all the special incantations.  I shall send him a heads up and it will probably be easily rectified by sacrificing a fatted calf under a full moon (or whatever it is that programmers do).

Glad you are finding chordie to be a useful resource.  Spread the word.
James

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