musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Allow copying of multiple pedal markings at once

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Description

Your idea

It should be possible to copy multiple pedal lines on staves that doesnt have pedal markings
As simple as that
Right now, you can only copy one pedal markings at a time which is very tedious and slow. as shown below
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Problem to be solved

By utilising this feature, It would definitely solve a lot of time inputting pedal markings one by one. Other programs such as Sibelius had this feature since Sibelius 7. It saves a lot of time writing piano scores like this

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Reproduce the current single-pedal copy workflow and inspect how pedal markings are selected and copied. Done means multiple pedal lines can be copied together onto staves without existing pedal markings, with the result matching the requested behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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