musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Custom anchor points on slurs/ties to create more detailed lines

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Description

Your idea

Not sure if anchor points is the correct term for it, but the ability to warp and change the shape of slurs more than just the current 2 points we have.

Possibly being able to add enough to make slurs this detailed.
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And a screenshot of what it might look like, the extra square we can manipulate to twist the shape of the slur
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Musescore at the moment feels really limited on how we can manipulate slurs.

Perhaps adding a + button to create an extra point on the slur, or a click and drag along the edge of the slur selection box to specify where the anchor point should go.

Problem to be solved

Extra functionality and detail to creating slurs

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the existing slur and tie editing and rendering workflow, then clarify how additional anchor points should be created and manipulated. Done would require an agreed interaction and reliably editable detailed slur shapes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
design, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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