musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Make scrollbar always visible (option?)

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Description

Your idea

It's annoying to want to place a note on the page only to have the page fly off into another part of the score because you went too close to the invisible scrollbar.

Problem to be solved

unwanted fly off into another part of the score

Prior art

n.a.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the desktop score view's scrollbar and reviewing how scrollbar visibility is currently controlled; done means defining and implementing a clear always-visible option that prevents unwanted navigation when placing notes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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