Active note hidden by "blue bar" in Continuous View
Reported version
3.6
Type
Graphical (UI)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
In Continuous view, the blue Instrument bar to the left will often block the active note or "cursor". This will happen if one navigates with the arrow keys (back) to the beginning of the score or to some point before the currently visible part of the score.
Comments
I've realized that it's blue for me because of a leftover setting from a previous version. What I mean by "the blue bar" is the strip to the left with key signature, clef, etc. - just to clarify.
Screenshot?
See https://musescore.org/en/node/316365
See https://musescore.org/en/node/316365 for more info.
That explains the blue colour, but the fact still remains, that the active note is still sometimes hidden by the "placeholder bar".
![Screenshot from 2021-01-27 17-55-28.png]( "Screenshot from 2021-01-27 17-55-28.png")
![Screenshot from 2021-01-27 17-55-58.png]( "Screenshot from 2021-01-27 17-55-58.png")
![Screenshot from 2021-01-27 18-34-42.png]( "Screenshot from 2021-01-27 18-34-42.png")
As for a screenshot, it is a little bit difficult to screenshot something that is hidden. But just to try to clarify: the first shot shows the score in the starting position:
In the second, I have navigated all the way to the right, then back towards the beginning again:
And in the third, I have gone to the beginning of the measure.
The viewport does not follow, and the active note remains hidden.
I should also say that this happens on realtively small screens/windows. I'm on a laptop, with the window filling half the screen. With a bigger main window, the problem usually doesn't appear.