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Mouse note entry: imaginary position shifts with bar size
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Since Jan 9, 2025.
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
On note entry with the mouse, the location of the pointer is gaslit. After entering beat 1 (similar to writing text, or on paper[^whoknows]), the hand is used to shifting a bit right (to the previously imagined beat 2 position). The new position is surprisingly beat 3 — the mouse got lost! Had to readjust by moving to left.
[^whoknows]: Who knows, maybe persons growing up with only screens expect the change? Does it not break their flow? Do we even have people who don't know how to write with a pen(cil)?
While driving, one divides an unmarked road in to two, and by default keeps to the (cough) right side. When looking at a bar (step 1, 2), it can be divided into 4 imaginary beats. After some note entry, the engraving renderer determines, that you need more space, and makes the bar bigger. This disorientates the mouse and eyes (with keyboard entry as well).
Prior art
On closing tabs, Firefox keeps the tabs size, and reconciles after the mouse/attention is not on the tab bar.
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What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?
4.4.4
Regression
No.
Operating system
Arch
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