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Rests shifting vertically on their own
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Description
Issue type
Engraving bug (incorrect score rendering)
Description with steps to reproduce
When the music has rests not in default vertical position due to multiple voices or rests under beams, sometimes those rests will put themselves back into their perceived default position.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
This is on the proof I got back from an editor:
But when I opened the file, it looks like this:
However, this one had the rests where they didn't belong when I opened the file (which is not how I left them) and when I shifted the first one, the others dropped down
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.7.3 and 4.7.4
Regression
No.
Operating system
Windows 11
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