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Timeline not accessible
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Description
Issue type
Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)
Description with steps to reproduce
The timeline is not accessible by keybaord - there is no way (that I can find) to navigate into it. You can get the focus to the title bar and the "..." menu but not into the content area.
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It also doesn't display well on my system using xcb - presumably an artifact of the high DPI scaling - but ignore that. I'll hope it is improved with wayland and/or Qt 6.9
What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.6.0-251620322, revision: github-musescore-musescore-4870d00
Regression
No.
Operating system
Debian 12, Windows 11
Additional context
The timeline could potentially be especially useful for blind users for getting a quick overivew of the score that would otherwise require a visual scan, as well as doing things like jumping from one rehearsal to the next, etc.
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