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Dots and double-dots in two-voice staves - bug?

I've found a quirky and almost insignificant bug.
Make sure you know how to Undo.  Select (highlight) all of the sample.  Click on the dot or double-dot toggle buttons.  When the up- and down-stem parts are both notes, or if the up- and down-stem items have different durations, everything works as expected.  It only happens when you have a note in one voice and a rest of the same duration in the other.

The rest works fine, but the other voice gets dot-retentive.  Any dots the note gains, it never loses!  The work-around is simply Undo, or delete the greedy note and replace with one of the correct value.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:-2
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th,DblDotted|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,DblDotted|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th,DblDotted|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,DblDotted|Pos2:2
|RestChord|Dur:4th,DblDotted|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,DblDotted|Pos2:-2
|Bar|Style:Double
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up
|Bar
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th|Pos2:2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Bar
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:-2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
|RestChord|Dur:8th|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:2
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Dots and double-dots in two-voice staves - bug?

Reply #1 –
Interesting, and I agree it's a bug.

I wanted to see if it occurs in version 1.  It doesn't, because you can't enter a note in a rested chord unless they're of different values.

Try this in NWC 1, though:
8th rest, stem up, placed near the top of the staff.  Quarter note, stem down, in the chord but lower on the staff.  Now highlight the chord and dot it.  Only the rest dots!