musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Balance knob does not work properly

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needs review UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Open an empty project
  2. Open the mixer
  3. Change the balance with the balance knob using a mouse wheel or a touchpad
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

It might not be obvious, but the knob stutters at certain values: 52, 58, and some others.
To advance further, you have to scroll the wheel faster.

The easiest way to reproduce the issue is to try to slowly change the value with the MacBook touchpad

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7c332eb4-9780-4cc3-8ede-ea012a291a96

What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?

4.3.2

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Linux, macos

Additional context

This only happens on a Logitech mouse with a kinetic scroll and a Macbook touchpad. It does not happen on a Windows machine with a regular mouse

Checklist
  • This report follows the guidelines for reporting bugs and issues
  • I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
  • I have attached all requested files and information to this report
  • I have attempted to identify the root problem as concisely as possible, and have used minimal reproducible examples where possible

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start at the mixer’s balance knob and its mouse-wheel or touchpad input handling, reproducing the issue in an empty project with slow scrolling. Compare behavior around values 52 and 58 on the reported devices and verify that the knob advances smoothly without requiring faster scrolling.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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