musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Move through percussion via arrow keys in ordering by staff line position and noteheads, not midi pitch

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Since Feb 13, 2025.

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Your idea

When moving percussion notes with up and down arrow keys, cycle through an order based on staff lines, not MIDI pitches.

When two types of notes are on the same staff line, base the order on notehead type.
First normal, then any other noteheads in any order, then cross (AKA "X").
If there are two noteheads that are the same on the same line/space, then use MIDI Pitch

Problem to be solved

Using input-by-duation or entering a note on the staff and using up and down arrows to change the "pitch". The options cycle through by MIDI pitch, this is unintuitive if you are not "MIDI-brained". You would expect to move through options as they are positioned vertically on the staff. Pressing the up arrow should move to the next available note higher on the staff and pressing the down arrow should move to the next available note lower on the staff.

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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dcc4ca02-ac07-4fcd-852f-8b47269375dc

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