musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Undo should automatically scroll to the thing that was undone

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Description

Your idea

In MuseScore 3, undoing a change would scroll the score so that the changed object was visible. I don't know if this was intentionally removed in MS4, but it was a useful feature.

Problem to be solved

In a larger score, I sometimes want to undo changes that aren't in the part of the score I'm currently looking at.

Prior art

MuseScore 3:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b396fe47-6aa0-4a07-84cc-d49db8fe5c0d

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Research direction

The issue does not name files, tests, or an entry point. Start by tracing the undo action and the score-view navigation behavior, using the MuseScore 3 example as the expected reference. Done means undoing a change brings the changed object into view in the current score.

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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
35/100

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