musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Can't easily move "instrument change" elements to different measures

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Since May 3, 2024.

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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Bug description

If you've added a "Change Instr." item to your score, then need to move it to a different measure for whatever reason, there are appears to be no way to do so - dragging/cutting/pasting etc. do not work. This can be an issue if you need to delete measures etc.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Add an instrument change element to the second measure of an empty score
  2. Set properties as needed (e.g. add a frame with a white background so it masks barlines etc.)
  3. Attempt to drag it either to the first or 3rd measure - it won't re-attach itself the way, say, dynamics will.
  4. Select it and "cut" it to the clipboard, then attempt to paste it to another measure, but paste does nothing (edit: unless you only have a single note/rest selected - then it does appear at least paste, but any edits you've made to the display text you've made are lost. But it definitely doesn't work when cut/copied as part of a range, e.g. if you select the whole measure and cut/copy that to the clipboard.)
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MuseScore Version

4.2

Regression

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Operating system

Windows 11

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