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Note input productivity improvement
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Description
Your idea
Add a make current note longer option (when we are in note input mode).
This option could drastically improve productivity when entering notes with the computer keyboard.
Let's assume :
- 8th note is selected
- normal note input mode is selected
- the shortcut l (small L, for "make note Longer") is assigned to this function
In this configuration, typing "l" would lengthen the current note by one 8th
if 16th note is selected, then typing "l" would lenghten by a 16th note :

Problem to be solved
Note input on the keyboard is not very efficient.
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
Start by locating the note input mode and keyboard shortcut handling for MuseScore's desktop application. Verify how the selected note value is represented and how changing a note's duration is currently performed; done means the proposed shortcut lengthens the current note by the selected note value in normal note input mode.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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