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Multi-cursor input
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Description
Your idea
Allow multipel input cursors or the input cursor to spans multiple staves.
Problem to be solved
This allows you to input notes and notations onto multiple staves simultaneously
Prior art
Popular code editors have a similar feature:
VsCode: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editing/codebasics#_multiple-selections-multicursor
Neovim: https://github.com/jake-stewart/multicursor.nvim
Zed: https://zed.dev/features#multi-cursor-editing
Dorico allows to extend the caret to multiple staves:
https://www.steinberg.help/r/dorico-pro/5.0/en/dorico/topics/write_mode/write_mode_note_input/write_mode_caret_extending_other_staves_t.htm
This is an example mentioned in the Dorico forums:
https://forums.steinberg.net/t/ot-today-one-year-ago-finale-has-been-put-into-coma/1006675/16
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Checklist
- This request follows the guidelines for reporting issues
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Contributor guide
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- 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
Start by reviewing the issue description and its linked examples from VS Code, Neovim, Zed, and Dorico to clarify the intended multi-cursor behavior. Done should allow notes and notations to be entered simultaneously across multiple staves, but the issue names no MuseScore files, tests, or entry points.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100