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Can't change input modes with keyboard from Percussion Panel

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Description

Issue type

Accessibility issue (e.g. for keyboard-only or screen reader users)

Description with steps to reproduce

When focused on the drum pad pressing N or your assigned shortcut for input by duration seem to have no effect and give no speech feedback.

STEPS:

  1. Create a score with a drum kit and navigate to that staff. Press tab several times to get to the drum pad.
  2. Press your assigned shortcut for input by duration mode (Note: there is no default shortcut so you need to have previously assigned one). Notice there is no speech feedback.
  3. Press Esc to jump back to the score and press the shortcut again to check whether it had previously changed. You hear "live live".
  4. Press it again several times while on the score and note the usual wording is "input by duration mode" and "normal mode" as it toggles off.
    I am unsure whether this is not changing or just not speaking.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

N/A

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.7 beta

Regression

No

Operating system

Windows 11 with NVDA

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

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in the Percussion Panel with a drum kit, keyboard focus, an assigned input-by-duration shortcut, and NVDA on Windows. Compare shortcut state changes and speech feedback in the drum pad versus the score, then verify that toggling modes from the panel produces the expected spoken wording.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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