musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Pop-up list of chord symbols to be selected

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Description

Your idea

Provide a pop-up list of chord symbols automatically when entering the edit mode for chord symbols

Problem to be solved

Add chord symbols in a way that is both automated and standardized, avoiding typo

Prior art

See the dynamics popup for reference.
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Research direction

Use the linked dynamics popup as the reference and inspect how chord-symbol edit mode is entered. Define the standardized chord-symbol choices and confirm that the list appears automatically during editing while reducing typo-prone free entry.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
design, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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