musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Master palette elements cannot be added via drag & drop

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Description

It seems that elements from the Master Palette - including the Symbols section, which is really the only section which we actually need a master palette - cannot be added to the score via drag & drop. You can initialize the drag operation, but the "no drops allowed" icon never changes to the "drop here" icon as you hover elements in your score that should allow it.

  1. new score
  2. open View / Master Palette
  3. try to drag a clef to the initial measure or the initial clef; or try to drag anything from the Symbols section to the first rest

Result: you never reach a point where you can drop

Adding by click works normally; just drag & drop fails.

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure by opening View / Master Palette in a new score and dragging a clef or Symbols element to the initial measure, clef, or first rest. Compare the working click behavior with drag-and-drop and consider the issue complete when valid score targets show the drop cursor and accept the dragged element; no files or tests are named.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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