musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Page jumps to top during playback in continuous view

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P3 UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. "Continuous View"
  2. Playback while scrolled down to a lower instrument (i.e. strings)
    Actual behavior: Playback bar reaches end of screen and resets view to the top of the score (only happens occasionally).
    Expected behavior: Stays in the same scroll position when the screen transitions to the next screen during playback (when playback reaches the end of the screen, in other words).
Supporting files, videos and screenshots

I can provide a video file later if it is needed (reporting this at work lol).

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

Been bugged ever since I can remember for MS 4

Regression

No.

Operating system

Windows 11

Additional context

Happens much more often if you happen to scroll just before or during when the playback bar reaches the end of the screen.

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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 playback in Continuous View on Windows 11 while scrolled to a lower instrument, especially when playback reaches the screen boundary or the view is scrolled at the same time. Trace the playback screen transition and scroll-position handling. Done means playback advances to the next screen without unexpectedly returning the view to the top.

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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
52/100

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