musescore / musescore/MuseScore
More informative "List selection" in status bar
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Description
Your idea
Instead of "List selection" in the status bar, show "X elements selected".
It could be more descriptive depending on what is selected, for instance:
- 5 notes selected
- 3 dynamics selected
- 8 elements selected [when there is a mix of different types of things]
Maybe it could/should include the timing of the first and last element ("5 notes selected. First bar: 4; First beat: 1; Last bar: 32; Last beat: 3")
Problem to be solved
There are times when it would be useful to know how many things are selected. For instance, after a "Select more..." when you're trying to track down all the the notes on a given pitch, this would tell you how many.
Also it gets rid of the awkward "list selection" terminology.
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