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"Across Staves" time signature creates unselectable part of every bar
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- On a multi instrument part, Enable Style > Clefs, keys and time signatures > Time Signatures > Across Staves
- Try to click in the first part of a bar low down in the score
Expected: a range selection is created for the bar
Actual: the time signature (which may be off screen) is selected.
This is very surprising. I didn't even realise anything was being selected until I started preparing this issue report. It felt like the click was just doing nothing for some bars.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6acd2eda-9357-491c-8fa7-d55d434d22be
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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Checklist
- This report follows the guidelines for reporting bugs and issues
- I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
- I have attached all requested files and information to this report
- 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 a multi-instrument part by enabling Style > Clefs, keys and time signatures > Time Signatures > Across Staves, then click the first part of a bar low in the score. Trace the selection behavior for that click; done means a range selection is created for the bar instead of selecting the possibly off-screen time signature.
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
- 62/100