musescore / musescore/MuseScore
keep focused items in place when bar length changes
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Description
Your idea
When editing notes or lyrics, changes affect the edited point to switch location on the display. This causes the point of focus to jump on display, sometimes outside the visible area. This is extremely frustrating, as it forces the user to search for the edit point repeatedly.
Problem to be solved
Keep the edit point still at the same location
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the focus jump while editing notes or lyrics and changing bar length, including cases where the edit point leaves the visible area. Trace how the edited point and display position respond to that change; done means the edit point remains at the same screen location and stays visible.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100