musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Retain score position when switching view
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Description
Your idea
Currently, switching from page view to either type of continuous view often puts your score way off screen, or puts the score in a completely different place. It would be nice if MuseScore maintained your general position when switching views
Problem to be solved
Getting lost in the score when switching views
Prior art
No response
Additional context
See here for a screen rec example: https://share.cleanshot.com/5rB71pJy
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the position change shown in the linked screen recording while switching from page view to each continuous view. Trace the view-switching entry points and determine how the current score position is represented; done means the general score position remains consistent across those switches.
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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