musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Undock toolbars via keyboard

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Since Feb 9, 2024.

accessibility feature request needs design needs info
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Description

Your idea

A blind user requested the ability to undock the playback and note input toolbars via the keyboard. They wanted to change the playback tempo (see problem 2 below).

Problem to be solved
  1. Ability to customize the interface.
  2. In the Playback toolbar, certain controls are only available when the toolbar is undocked.

Playback toolbar docked

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Undocked
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The tempo slider and seekable progress bar are only available when the toolbar is undocked.

Prior art

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Additional context

Likely options:

  1. Make the grips focusable buttons, with a context menu that includes the undock option.
  2. Allow users to right click anywhere on a toolbar. (Shift+F10 simulates a right click for keyboard users.)
    1. Right-click immediately undocks the toolbar.
    2. Right-click opens a context menu that includes the undock option.
  3. Use a special keyboard shortcut to undock the toolbar.
  4. Add an option in View > Toolbars.

Option 1 is similar to the three dots menu that exists for panels like Properties, Palettes, and Instruments.

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This is probably the most discoverable solution.

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