musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Rests and accidentals can be dragged anywhere
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UX/interaction
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
Click on a rest or accidental.
Drag it somewhere.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d2c20eeb-8eaa-49fe-b5ae-7ac05f8bd5a3
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/aae6cbf1-078a-488a-bbba-b85e61c8035f
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.5 - 4.6.3
Regression
No.
Operating system
Windows 11
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 file, test, or entry point is named. First reproduce the drag behavior in MuseScore Studio using the reported rest and accidental steps, then locate the relevant interaction handling; done means these elements no longer drag arbitrarily while normal interaction remains intact.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100