musescore / musescore/MuseScore

MIDI remote control starts playback in all opened windows

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Since Jan 9, 2026.

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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce

When working with multiple open windows at the same time, starting the playback from the MIDI controller starts it for all windows at the same time. It would be preferable if the MIDI remote control only works for the currently active window.

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9337ed07-be6d-4a37-913e-de95a2976f1c

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.6.5

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

macOS 26

Additional context

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