musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Text editing shortcut for typing 'z' in dynamics font conflicts with redo shortcut

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Description

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Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Edit some text element
  2. While still editing the element, press Cmd+Z to undo
  3. While still editing the element, press Cmd+Shift+Z to redo

Expected: redo
Actual: z typed in dynamics font, redo stack lost

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/32f8b205-77f1-4504-8718-3013220804cc

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

Probably all versions of 4 and 5

Regression

Yes, this used to work in MuseScore 3.x and now is broken

Operating system

macOS

Additional context

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  • I have attempted to identify the root problem as concisely as possible, and have used minimal reproducible examples where possible

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue on macOS and tracing keyboard handling while editing a text element, focusing on the dynamics-font shortcut for typing “z” and the Cmd+Shift+Z redo shortcut. Done means Cmd+Shift+Z performs redo without inserting “z” or losing the redo stack, while Cmd+Z still undoes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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