musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Greater-than sign doesn't work as a shortcut (Mac)
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- go to preferences -- shortcuts
- assign greater-than sign (>) to diminuendo hairpin
- select any measure, press ">" --> nothing happens
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
OS: macOS Tahoe (26.5.1), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.7.2-260525085, revision: github-musescore-musescore-69af3e1
Regression
I was unable to check
Operating system
macOS 26.5.1
Additional context
I switched from Windows to Mac, on Windows it used to work
There's no problem with the less-than sign.
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