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Explode always explodes entire bar
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- Select a chord on the last beat in a bar
- Explode
Expected: the last beat in this staff and the ones below it are affected.
Actually: the whole bar is affected, as if I had selected the whole bar first.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
OS: macOS Sequoia (15.7.7), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.7.4-260706075, revision: github-musescore-musescore-7688c00
Regression
I was unable to check
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
Reproduce the issue in MuseScore Studio 4.7.4 by selecting a chord on the last beat and choosing Explode. Trace the Explode command's selection handling, then verify that only the selected last beat and the corresponding lower staves are affected rather than the entire bar.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
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
- 55/100