musescore / musescore/MuseScore
when loading projects, lines shift position on score
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1 create new session with grand staff
2 insert 8 eight notes in a 4/4 bar,
3 note 5 to 8 control shift down,
4 beam them together
5 add a line to the first 4 notes,
6 save, reload session
7 move the right point of the line manually
expected behavior; line should not adjust note positions.
observed behavior; after reloading the session, and adjusting the line manually the notes shift positions.
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after reloading
after manually adjusting the line
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.7.2
Regression
Yes, this used to work in MuseScore 3.x and now is broken
Operating system
windows 11/10 (checked with friend)
Additional context
this is been seen in many version on musescore 4.x
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