musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Align behaviours creating new vs. pasting system objects
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Description
Your idea
Currently creating a new system object (voltas, system text, tempo text etc.) with a selection on a non-top staff does not change the layout by adding a new layout item, while pasting a system object to the same staff does. The behaviour when pasting should be changed to align with the behaviour when creating.
Problem to be solved
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/733a6c39-d995-436c-be6f-34364810de78
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/124d165f-fd50-41a5-a5a0-2c6bed6c9b7e
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Additional context
This is a partituclar concern when the top staff is hidden, so it is not immediately apparent that the layout has been affected by pasting:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1b78a7a5-1af7-4431-b31c-3cd15c19d3ab
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