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Please reenable Alt+Spacebar (quick Minimize/Maximize)
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Description
Your idea
[I imagine this applies only to Windows versions of MS]
When you press Alt+Spacebar in MuseScore, the normal window-action menu appears—but for some reason, its "Minimize" and "Maximize" commands are disabled (grayed out). Thus I feel like a goofball each time I instinctively press Alt+Space, then N (Mi_n_imize) or X (Ma_x_imize). Which I do a lot, because that's how virtually every other Windows program works.
So unless you've intentionally disabled these commands, how about enabling them? 🙏
Problem to be solved
Having to grope for the mouse and zero in on icons each time to minimize or maximize a score, rather than using quick key combinations
Prior art
As mentioned, most other apps don't interfere with this.
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Research direction
No source file or test is identified in the issue. Reproduce the disabled Minimize and Maximize commands with Alt+Spacebar on Windows, then trace the desktop window-action handling. Done means both commands are enabled and the standard Alt+Space, N/X shortcuts work without regressions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100