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Element is not selected by 'Select All' if display measure is different than attached measure
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT BEHAVIOUR: I've written a plugin that attaches text boxes to a score at particular ticks. If there is no note at that tick, however, MuseScore states in the info bar at the bottom that the 'display measure' is not the same as the actual tick measure. That's fine, but I've found that these objects are not able to be selected when you choose 'Select All'. (See test score below).
I'm not sure if this is a regression, but I don't remember seeing this happen before.
EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR: All objects should be selected by Select All, regardless of what the display measure is.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
In this screenshot, I have chosen Select All. Note that the comment box is not selected.
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.6.2
Regression
I was unable to check
Operating system
macOS 15.7.1
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