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Overriding appearance of note duration in parts leads to desynchronized score/part

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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Open a score that contains parts.
  2. In Properties, change the appearance of the note so that its value is different from its entered duration: for example, I regularly enter whole notes that must look like breves if using bar lines/defined meter in early music in order to signal that the note is long (akin to a fermata).
  3. The toggles for syncing the score and the part are both ON when the appearance is automatically set, but changing this desyncs the appearance: a whole note shows in the score: no manual intervention is required.
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.7.4

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

macOS 15.7.7

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Research direction

Reproduce this in MuseScore 4.7.4 with a score containing parts, using Properties to change a note's displayed value from its entered duration. Compare the score and part with both synchronization toggles enabled; done when changing the note's appearance no longer desynchronizes them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
50/100

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