musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Can't use Cut/Copy/Paste keyboard shortcuts or menu items in Save / Open dialog (at least macOS)

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Since Jul 30, 2024.

community os: macOS P3 UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Copy some text somewhere
  2. In MuseScore, use "Open…" or "Save as…", so that the OS-specific open/save dialog appears
  3. Try to use Cmd+V to paste: doesn't work
  4. Try to use "Paste" from the Edit menu in the OS-wide top-level menu bar: doesn't work
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What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?

master

Regression

No.

Operating system

At least macOS, but possibly also other OSs

Additional context

Stems from https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/17133#issuecomment-2249302131.

Workaround: right-click inside the text field inside the OS Open/Save dialog, and use the Cut/Copy/Paste options from the OS context menu.

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