Please unlock the Spacebar within Edit Mode / Also use color warning

• Jun 26, 2020 - 02:12

I recently commented on an old thread titled "How do I get INTO Edit Mode" about my problem accidentally getting into Edit Mode without really wanting to.
The first thing that usually makes me realize that I entered Edit Mode is that the Spacebar doesn't start playback anymore.

What about unblocking the Spacebar to also do this?
(I know I can get out of Edit Mode using Esc or clicking away)

I think it would be very natural to use the Spacebar to get out of Edit Mode while also starting playback at the same time as it usually does, as long as I'm not working inside a text box or something that the program can detect where the Spacebar would be needed. (I'm just trying to guess why it was decided that the Spacebar should get blocked)


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Since I'm back on this topic, here's again my comment on https://musescore.org/en/node/15603

"Hi there, just an idea:
While moving around the score, (horizontally walking from note to note with the keyboard arrows, or anything like that) I often found that I accidentally entered 'Edit Mode' I was never sure why or how, I only saw the note being displaced tiny steps
After months with this constant nagging today I decided to research about it and now I understand it comes from accidental double clicking, or just a light (wrong) contact with the laptop's touchpad that moves the mouse.

Now that I understand what is "Edit Mode" I can also see that the warnings were always there: Like a very tiny message in the bottom right of my screen (Status Bar) and also that all notes in the 'Note Entry Toolbar' went gray.

Okay, problem solved, you can tell me I was an idiot who luckily found enlightenment because one day I was finally bothered enough. But I think, how many more users deal with this?
My idea is to make it all more intuitive. There are warnings but a bit tiny and away from the action... away from my attention focus... away from my eyeballs.

So... What about a color change? What if the note itself being edited goes gray? (instead of all the notes in the Note Entry Toolbar?) What if entering 'Note Entry' via double click was a tickbox in the preferences? or if it appeared in the list of keyboard shortcuts (I know, keyboard) so I could delete or replace it for something else?
Just "alt + shift + E" is excellent for me.

Thanks a lot for reading all this. Thanks for this awesome free software. Best regards.

While you are in edit mode, it is assumed you want to edit a specific element, and you will be using the keyboard and mouse for that purpose and no other or you wouldn't have entered edit mode. Starting playback would cause you to lose sight of the thing you are trying to edit.

While it's conceivable the program could be modified so that space would exit edit mode, I think better would be to understand what is going on with your mouse settings that causes you to accidentally enter edit mode so often. Maybe you need to change the sensitivity / double-click interval?

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