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
- Add an instrument change element to the second measure of an empty score
- Set properties as needed (e.g. add a frame with a white background so it masks barlines etc.)
- Attempt to drag it either to the first or 3rd measure - it won't re-attach itself the way, say, dynamics will.
- 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
I don't know
Operating system
Windows 11
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