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In some cases, musescore gets stuck in note input mode after inserting measures
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Bug description
If I insert two measures, then press "n" to enter note input mode, pressing "n" again will not exit note input mode, and ctrl-s will not save the document (and no message is shown to indicate that the document has not been saved or there was any problem, although an '*' can still be seen to indicate the document has unsaved changes). I can still click on "File->save" and that will save the document.
To prevent this from happening, after inserting the measures, one must click on the "Instruments" or "Palettes" tab before entering note input mode.
Steps to reproduce
- Click on a measure
- Click the properties tab on the left
- Insert two measures
- Press N
Screenshots/Screen recordings
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MuseScore Version
4.1.1
Regression
No.
Operating system
Manjaro Linux 23.1.0
Additional context
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the reported sequence in MuseScore 4.1.1: select a measure, open the Properties tab, insert two measures, and press N. Trace the note-input and keyboard-save behavior around this state; done means pressing N exits note input mode and Ctrl-S saves or reports failure consistently.
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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