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"Across Staves" time signature creates unselectable part of every bar

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P2 UX/interaction
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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. On a multi instrument part, Enable Style > Clefs, keys and time signatures > Time Signatures > Across Staves
  2. 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

No response

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

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