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Not all available special characters have a preview in the special characters dialog

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P2 regression MS3 UI
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Description

Issue type

UI bug (incorrect info or interface appearance)

Description with steps to reproduce

Open the Special Characters dialog and check the contents. Some "spaces" exists in dialog which do contain characters and these characters can even be used/inserted in text and show correct in the score.

Some characters were displayed correct in MS 3.6.2:

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Same dialog in MS4:

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This even leads to some people believing certain characters no longer exists, as they can't tell from looking at the empty positions that the characters they want to use still exist.

Another difference between MS 3.6.2 and MS 4 is that some characters in MS 3.6.2 are displayed as a square, while these now are empty/space in MS 4.

Hope this can be improved.

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

Screenshots included in bug description.

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

4.5.0

Regression

Yes, this used to work in MuseScore 3.x and now is broken

Operating system

Windows 11

Additional context

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the Special Characters dialog on Windows 11 using MuseScore 4.5.0, then compare its contents with MuseScore 3.6.2 and the attached screenshots. Trace how the dialog renders available characters and verify that every available character has a distinguishable preview, including characters that previously appeared as squares.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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