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Fancy Sheet Tweaker

ESSENTIALS

Song editor settings allow you to customize how the Tune-Up Zone looks & behaves. You can tweak literally everything:

Fonts? We Got 'Em.

These settings control the size & style of the font used for the editor. Because apparently that matters.

Font Family

The font used in the song editor is a fixed-width font which helps you align chords with lyrics (you know, the hard part). You can change the font to Anadale Mono, Courier, Courier New or Lucida Console. Default is Courier, because we're boring.

This is the size of the song as it appears in the song editor. You may want to increase the font size because your eyes aren't what they used to be, or to more easily place the text cursor without cryin'. Make the font size smaller to cram more stuff on the screen. You can adjust the size between 6 point & 30 points. The default size is 16 points (where everything's just right-ish).

Controls what shows up in your menubar. Riveting, we know.

Show in Menubar

This allows you to access the song editor directly from the menubar instead of diggin' through the Stuff Drawer. The menu is instead available inside of the Song Editor Hamburger.

Typin' Stuff

These options let you configure how typing happens in the song editor. Buckle up.

Autocapitalize

The built-in text editor in iOS automatically capitalized sentences. We turned this off by default in OnSong so you don't accidentally SCREAM YOUR CHORDS. You can change this to:

Never requires you to capitalize words & sentences manually. Default (aka the hard way).
Words will automatically capitalize every word. Fancy.
Sentences will automatically capitalize each sentence. Moderate vibes.

Autocorrect Spelling

The built-in text editor in iOS will automatically correct spelling. But since the song editor is used to type both lyrics & chords, we disabled this by default so it doesn't turn "Dm" into "Dimwit." You can turn it on if you're feelin' brave.

Enabled "." Shortcut

The built-in text editor in iOS will automatically add a period when the spacebar is tapped twice. This is chaos when you're using spaces to align chords. This shortcut is disabled in OnSong by default, but you can turn it back on if you love livin' dangerously.

Enable Arrow Keys

The song editor features four arrow keys on the right just above the keyboard. You can use these to move the text cursor around like you actually know what you're doin'. These are turned on by default, but you can remove them if you prefer clickin' around like it's 1987.

Enable Input Assistant Bar

Newer versions of iOS display a bar above the keyboard with shortcut keys for cut, copy & paste. Since screen real estate is scarcer than talent in a karaoke bar, & since OnSong also contains the quick chord bar, you can choose if this bar is visible with this setting.

Position

This controls if the song editor scrolls into the position relative to the song viewer. Revolutionary stuff.

Scroll Into Position

Enable this option if you want the song editor to be opened to the approximate position of the song in the song viewer. Like, if you're editing a bleepin' long song & have already scrolled to the bottom, opening the song editor will start editing at the bottom too. Default is off (because we like makin' you work).

Quick Chords

This controls how the quick chord bar appears, typically above the on-screen keyboard for addin' chords & symbols & whatnot.

Quick Chord Bar

As you enter chords in the song editor, they will appear just above the keyboard as quick buttons for insertin' chords. You can turn this bar off if you need more room for typin'. You can still use the Chord Wizard to add chords like a boss.

Sort Chord Buttons

The chords that appear in the quick chord bar are not sorted by default & appear in the order you encounter them (chaos, basically). You can change the order to:

Off sorts the chords in the order that they are encountered in the song content. So... no sorting. We're honest about it.
Alphabetically places chords like Am in the front & G# at the end. Neat & tidy, like your therapist wishes you were.
Popularity sorts the chords by how often they actually appear in the song. The root chord goes first because, duh, you use it more. Science.

Additional Symbols

The quick chord bar can be used to insert other text other than chords. You can type characters separated by a space in this area. If you type two characters in a row such as [] or {}, then the quick bar will add that to the song content & place the text cursor in the middle of them (fancy!). Default values are: [] # b /

OnSong 2026 — Last Refreshed November 7, 2022