musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Update context menu for adding bars
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Your idea
#32123 reorganized two menus for adding bars: App-level Add > Bars, and "+" (Add) > Bars from the toolbar. The right-click context menu Insert bars should be aligned with the other two menus.
We have the same menu appearing (at least) three different places in the app, and over time they have inevitably drifted apart. Can this be done differently with all instances referring to a single definition?
@avvvvve should Insert bars be changed to Add bars? I can't see any good reason for the distinction here.
Problem to be solved
App-level Add > Bars:
"+" (Add) > Bars from the toolbar:
Insert bars from the context menu:
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