Selection Boxes Behaving Badly
musescore 4 has a random quirk where the selection blue perimeter has a mind of its own. I've been hoping each new release would cure this inconvenience but I can't even find where anyone else is witnessing this behavior. It's elusive inasmuch that it is inconsistent in its bad form.
Has anyone else seem this?
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Yes. While using Ubuntu.
Did you have Format > Style > Score > Hide empty staves within systems enabled when making those selection examples?
Hidden staves do affect the behaviour of selection keystrokes.
In reply to Have you enabled Format >… by DanielR
No, I use that feature only for the piano chart if there are measures with no left hand. The visible blue box responds normally most of the time and shows the measure(s) I selected then other times it is a random blue box. Bit concerning but the software always knows what is selected even thought the blue box doesn't.
I just experienced this. I used } to stretch the size of a measure. Then, selection was normal.
In reply to I just experienced this. I… by TDYama
Thanks for the reply. I tried that and here's the result:
In reply to Thanks for the reply. I… by pgmrpmt
If you press bracket a few times, did it get wider and wider, and then the selection is only within the one measure?
I was modifying a score on a windows 10 with MS 4.2.1, and when the box selected areas outside the measure, I was able to just widen the meadure a few times and get the selection to work properly. We may have different issues.
Apparently I didn't adequately describe the selection behavior. I want to select a single measure, or several measures, but the blue box will select a column with no top or bottom, or a rectangle above or below the measure, or a random starting point with no end in sight. The software will respond to the measure(s) I selected but the blue box visual will be random.
In reply to Apparently I didn't… by pgmrpmt
We need a score of yours that does this.
In reply to We need a score of yours… by bobjp
I've attached a score and a screen shot but this happens randomly, not every time in the same place and not necessarily in this pattern. That's why I asked if anyone else is seeing this.
I've seen it as well (windows 11). A little annoying when selecting music for copying. You don't really know what's being copied but MuseScore apparently does.
In reply to I've seen it as well … by TomStrand
"I've seen it as well (windows 11)"
That's interesting. I use MuseScore in Windows 10 (every day), and I have never seen this behaviour.
In reply to "I've seen it as well … by DanielR
Perhaps it only happens in continuous view which is what is shown in the OP's screengrab.
In reply to Perhaps it only happens in… by SteveBlower
That could be a clue... thanks, although even with this inconvenient display, continuous mode is my favored choice.