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Spanning barlines may be broken one staff below the intended break
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
To break a spanning barline, the grab handle must be dragged more than halfway up towards its staff. This is fine - but if the handle is released less than halfway up, a spanning barline from the staff below is broken instead.
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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f29abca9-9bd1-4bbc-a717-9d969b191210
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
Nightly main
Regression
No.
Operating system
macOS 26.6.2
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