musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Add Snap to previous/Snap to next for pedal lines

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Description

Your idea

Add the 'snap to previous' and 'snap to next' options for pedal lines, for more precise control over their vertical positioning.

Problem to be solved

Pedal lines are frequently used adjactently to one another. If one successive line is positioned much lower than the others would be, the result is lots of 'floating' pedal lines. Especially on densely packed pages this is not ideal. Allowing to change the snapping for individual pedal lines could overcome this.

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Prior art

These options already exist for hairpins and gradual tempo changes.

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Research direction

The issue names pedal lines and points to existing snap-to-previous/next behavior for hairpins and gradual tempo changes. Locate those implementations first, then trace how pedal-line vertical positioning is handled; done means both options are available for individual pedal lines and prevent the described floating placement.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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