musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Add MIDI note number to status bar

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Description

Your idea

When selecting a note, add the MIDI note number to the information in the status bar (see image).

Problem to be solved

It wouldn't solve a problem per se, but it can be very useful in many situations and I think it would be fairly easy to implement.

Prior art

Status_Bar

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Research direction

Start by locating the status bar implementation and the code handling selected notes in MuseScore. Add the MIDI note number to the status bar information for a selected note, then verify that the displayed value updates when different notes are selected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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