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Can't continue selecting text via click & drag when mouse is outside of text box
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- Add some text to a frame
- Enter edit mode
- Click and drag to select some of the text, keeping the mouse in the text box
- Then, continue the drag with the mouse outside of the box
- See that it doesn't keep selecting the text in the direction you drag the mouse
You should be able to select text regardless of whether the mouse is positioned over the box or not
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b4cc6886-8beb-4e56-bbe4-dc53ceecf558
What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?
Nightly
Regression
No.
Operating system
macOS 15
Additional context
No response
Checklist
- 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
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Reproduce the issue while editing text in a frame, then trace the text-selection mouse-drag entry point and its handling when the pointer leaves the text box. Done means dragging beyond the box continues extending the selection in the pointer's direction, with coverage for the reported interaction.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100