musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Box selection for notes

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Description

Task description
Make it possible to make box selection for individual notes, like what we can do in piano rolls.

Usecase
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Say I want to make measure 1 into measure 2, that is to select all the A notes and move them down for a whole step

In MS3 it's almost like I can do this with shift + left drag, but when release, it's the whole bar that become selected:
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In MS4, while shift + left drag is working for things like hairpins, trying to do shift + drag on staff lines results in an instant selection of the whole bar:
box selection for notes

While I can do it via selection menu or ctrl and clicking, making box selection and drag them down would be more convenient.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the existing piano-roll box-selection behavior with shift-dragging on staff lines in MS4, where the whole bar is selected instead. Trace the note-selection interaction and define completion as selecting individual notes with a box and moving them together, without selecting the entire bar.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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