musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Possibility to change the order of the "Palettes," "Format," "Properties" tabs.

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Since Dec 2, 2025.

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Description

Your idea

Change the code so that when a tab is drag-and-dropped, if the drop is done inside the tab area, it is dropped at the desired location.

Problem to be solved

Musescore does not allow drag-and-drop of tabs within the docked panel to change the order, which is the most common limitation. It displays a blue frame when moving the tab with the mouse (ok), but does not reposition it among the tabs at the desired location (it takes it out of the tabs to give it a window shape).
The only current way to get a different order is to reset the panel layout via the general View tab.

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Additional context

The purpose of the Interface is precisely not to have to go through the menus. The request is therefore justified for the user.

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