musescore / musescore/MuseScore

When closing an unedited, newly created score, don't prompt to save it

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Description

Your idea

When closing a new blank score, MuseScore should not open the save prompt dialog if the score is empty. If changes were made but all were reversed with the undo command, MuseScore should still not open the dialog.

Problem to be solved

This would make the User Experience of MuseScore smoother and bring it closer in line with other modern editor programs

Prior art

Microsoft office programs already exhibit such behavior

Additional context

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by tracing the desktop score-closing flow and how it determines whether a new score is modified, including the state after undo; done means an untouched or fully reverted blank score closes without a save prompt while edited scores still prompt.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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