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Keyboard Navigation gets stuck in Playback Tool Bar Panel

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Description

Issue type

Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)

Description with steps to reproduce

using the new speed change feature in the Playback toolbar panel does not seem to be accessible with keyboard navigation.

STEPS:

  1. Make sure the Playback Toolbar is enabled from the View Menu
  2. From the score press Tab until you get to “Playback Toolbar Panel”.
  3. Press right arrow several times and hear rewind, play, Loop, Metronome, playback settings, blank hours blank, blank minutes blank.
  4. The next right arrow press gets stuck and says blank on all arrow presses in any direction and the only way out seems to be to press Esc. Closing the speed pop up requires two presses of escape and enter does not select and close as expected.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

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

4.5.2

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

Windows 11 with NVDA

Additional context

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  • This report follows the guidelines for reporting bugs and issues
  • I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
  • I have attached all requested files and information to this report
  • I have attempted to identify the root problem as concisely as possible, and have used minimal reproducible examples where possible

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue from the Playback Toolbar Panel with keyboard navigation on Windows 11 using NVDA, following the listed steps through the speed change feature. Trace the panel's focus movement and popup dismissal behavior; done means arrow navigation no longer gets stuck and Enter or Escape closes the speed popup as expected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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