musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Reset entries in the Format menu don't indicate to what they will apply

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feature request needs design P2 UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UI bug

Bug description

The Reset... entries in the Format menu make me uneasy. It seems that "Reset shapes and positions" applies to the currently-selected object, and is greyed out if nothing is selected, but "Reset text style overrides" applies to the whole score whether anything is selected or not.

Something that always affects the whole score should, it seems to me, be called "Reset all text style overrides", but my preferred solution would be to make them all just affect the currently-selected item, and only affect the whole score if there's nothing selected, at which point they should pop up a confirmation (like in Sibelius) to say "There's nothing selected, do you want to apply to the whole score?". That way we gain more consistency and a greater feeling of safety when trying to reset things.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Open a score
  2. Change some text objects in different ways (e.g., bold on one, italic on another)
  3. Select only one text object
  4. Use Format > Reset text style overrides - all objects have their text properties reset
  5. Move a few objects
  6. Select only one moved object
  7. Use Format > Reset shapes and positions - only the selected object is reset
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MuseScore Version

MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.1.1-232071203, revision: github-musescore-musescore-e4d1ddf

Regression

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Operating system

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64

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