musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Can't open Mac 'Character Viewer' via shortcut from MSS

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os: macOS P3 UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce

The shortcut on Mac for opening the Character Viewer window (i.e. the place where you can insert emojis and special characters) is Control + Command + Space.

This shortcut is not executable from within MSS.

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

Nightly

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

macOS 15

Additional context

No response

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  • 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

No source file or test is named in the report. First reproduce the Control+Command+Space shortcut failure in MuseScore Studio on macOS 15 and trace the desktop shortcut handling; done when the shortcut opens the macOS Character Viewer from within MSS.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, macos
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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