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Change Up the Style Dialog's Tabs
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Description
Your idea
Currently, the style dialog looks like this.
The right side, the content of the tabs, looks fine. However, the left side could be improved (see "Problem to be Solved" section).
I suggest the following improvements:
- A search bar at the top
- UI similar to the one used to select instruments
- Icons?
Problem to be solved
I have identified the following issues with the tab selector:
- Cluttered
- Hard-to-read text
- Hard to search for what I need
Prior art
No response
Additional context
This is my first time writing an issue for MuseScore, and I am still generally unfamiliar with the developmental zeitgeist. Please forgive any transgressions I might have incurred as a result of this issue.
Checklist
- This request follows the guidelines for reporting issues
- I have verified that this feature request has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar requests
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First steps
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Research direction
The issue names the style dialog and instrument selector but no files, tests, or concrete design. Start by locating those UI entry points in the desktop application and compare the current tab selector with the instrument-selection UI. Done requires an agreed design that resolves the clutter, readability, and search concerns; the implementation scope is not yet specified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- design, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100