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Staff name in Instruments panel does not reflect actual clef
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Description
Describe the bug
When changing the main clef of a Staff, the name in the instruments panel does not reflect the change.
Alternative interpretation: Staffs are not renamable.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Create Score with any instrument
- Click on instruments starting clef
- Change clef by clicking one from the clefs pallet
- Go back to instruments panel and see that the name of the staff (after opening the instruments staffs overview) has not changed.
Expected behavior
Reflect that changed clef in the staffs. At the moment collisions of several staffs with the same name under one instrument already occur, when adding staffs, so this should not be a problem, even if a duplicate name occurs after clef change.
Additionally, it might be useful to override such an automatic behavior with a user-chosen name, e.g. “Right Hand“ and “Left Hand“.
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Platform information
- OS: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19044 Build 19044
- MuseScore Version: MuseScore Nightly 2022-08-03 04:46
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by changing a staff's starting clef and reopening the Instruments panel's staff overview. Trace how the staff name is generated and updated after the clef change; the issue is done when the displayed name reflects the actual clef, with any user-naming behavior clarified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100