musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Set duration: double whole note shortcut (8) does not work
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 15.1k
- Forks
- 3.3k
- Avg merge
- 2d 2h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 91
Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- verify in preferences that "set duration: double whole note" is set to 8; Num 8 (default setting)
- choose a written note in a project
- press 8
- see that duration of note is not updated; works fine for Numpad 8 though
- repeat step 2 + in step 3 press another number and see that the correct note length is chosen
Expected behaviour:
keyboard 8 should update the selected note to a double whole note; as the other numbers do for the corresponding other note lengths
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
Notice that pressing 8 on the keyboard doesn't do anything.
Pressing 8 on the numpad yields
For other numbers (note lengths 1-7 and 9) both the number and the numpad work.
In the latest nightly build (MuseScore-Studio-Nightly-latest-4.7-x86_64.dmg) 8 and 9 do both not work.
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.1.0 - 4.6.5 (and 4.7)
Regression
Choose option...
Operating system
macOS Tahoe 26.2 (25C56)
Additional context
macOS Tahoe (26.2), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.6.5-253511702, revision: github-musescore-musescore-653f38d
Yes, I've verified that the 8 and 9 keys on my keyboard (and the numpad 8 and 9 key) both work.
Oldest confirmed version
OS: macOS 26.3, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.1.0-231921401, revision: github-musescore-musescore-2e3a93a-
Latest confirmed version
OS: macOS Tahoe (26.3), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.6.5-253511702, revision: github-musescore-musescore-653f38d
and with the additional caveat that the 9 also doesn't work anymore:
MuseScore-Studio-Nightly-latest-4.7-x86_64.dmg
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
Start by reproducing the shortcut behavior described on macOS with the duration set to 8, then compare the regular number-key and numpad paths for durations 8 and 9. Done means the regular keyboard keys update the selected note consistently with the other duration shortcuts, while the reported versions and platforms remain covered by verification.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100