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Glissando playback should default to white keys for keyboard type instruments
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- Create a glissando on a piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone...
- Select it and go to Properties > Playback > Glissando
Expected: Style is "White keys" (or arguably, black keys if it starts and ends on a black key, but I'd still suggest white keys is a safer default)
Actual: Style is "Chromatic"
This gives a very misleading impression of how the glissando will actually be played.
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.7
Regression
I was unable to check
Operating system
macos
Additional context
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- I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
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- 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
Start from the Properties > Playback > Glissando entry point and trace how the default style is selected for keyboard-type instruments. Reproduce the behavior with a piano, glockenspiel, or vibraphone, then verify that a newly created glissando shows White keys by default and that existing style choices still work.
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
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100