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Option for ties to start after flags
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Description
Your idea
Adjust tie position to avoid collision with 8th/16th/etc. note flags.
Problem to be solved
Normally, ties don't collide with the note flags because, with one part of the staff, upward stems are usually associated with downward ties.
When a staff contains two parts, the upper part has upward stems and upward ties.
LilyPond, for instance, automatically adjusts the left edge of the tie to avoid a collision. MS 4 does not.
IMO it looks nicer without the collision.
Prior art
A couple bars, first in MuseScore 4. Note the upper part e-natural tie.
And in LilyPond:
Additional context
I see #8980, closed 11 months ago, but the above screenshot comes from MS 4.5.2, so I don't think it's a dup.
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Research direction
The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. Reproduce the two-part-staff example in MuseScore 4.5.2 and compare the tie and note-flag placement with the linked LilyPond example; done means an available option starts ties after conflicting flags without creating the reported collision.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- computer-graphics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100