musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Double-clicking an empty measure enables note-input mode but double-clicking a note or a rest does not

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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. open a score
  2. double-click an empty measure

Actual behaviour: note input mode is enabled.

  1. add some notes
  2. double-click a rest or a note

Actual behaviour: note input mode is not enabled.

What is the expected behaviour?

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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7f2d4c1c-1b35-4ccf-a2d5-356200f6ca13

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

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.4.4-243461245, revision: github-musescore-musescore-2232670

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Windows 10 Pro

Additional context

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