Copy after click (but not a full select) then does not copy duration or other attributes
1. Open the attached score
2. Select the half note and press ctrl+c
3. Select the quarter note and press ctrl+v
Expected behavior: The quarter note must be replaced by the half note that was copied
Actual behavior: The quarter note change the pitch to the pitch of the half note
MuseScore 2.0 rev. 2d9e135 - Windows 7
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Comments
Actually, if you truly *select* the half note, it works as expected. Only if you simply click it without selecting it does it copy only pitch. There are few other things that work differently depending on whether you select the note or not. I am not sure if they are deliberate or not.
This is as designed. If you want to select the full chord, select it with Shift + click.
I'm not trying to copy a chord, I'm trying to copy only one note. On Sibelius, for example, if you want to copy a chord you do with shift+click, like you mention, but if you want to copy one note you only have to select with a click and copy it. I think I'm not understanding this feature. If the intention is to copy the pitch with a click selection and the copy function, there is still having a bug. For example, if I try to select the half note (on the attached score) and copy the pitch by selecting with a click to the last eighth note of the measure, the pitch is not copied. Can anyone clarify me what is the intention of the copy with the click selection?
I change it to active in case the bug I mention were real
In MuseScore (maybe Sibelius as well) we use the term "chord" to mean even a single note. The distinction between "note" and "chord" in MuseScore is not how many notes there are. "Chord" is the abstraction that includes the duration (all notes of a chord by definition have the same duration), also the stem, flag, beam, and any other properties shared by all notes of the chord. "Note" is the abstraction that just includes one individual note within the chord - its pitch, the shape of the notehead, etc.
Normally, you don't need to be aware of this distinction, but it is relevant to help you understand why this difference between simply clicking a notehead (which selects the "note" only, meaning just pitch and notehead information) and shift-clicking it (which selects the entire "chord", meaning duration & stem info as well). Sometimes you might *want* to copy just the "note" attributes and then you'll be glad this distinction exists :-)
Anyhow, I don't see the behavior you describe at the end of comment #3. I am doing the following:
1) open your score
2) click (single) the first "D" (half note), thus selecting the note only
3) Ctrl+C to copy
4) click (single) the final "C" (eighth note)
5) Ctrl+V to paste
Result: I get exactly what I expect: the pitch "D" is copied to the "C", so the last note turns into a "D". Had the note also had other interesting properties - like a custom notehead, or the "Small" setting, or any of the playback settings - those would have been copied as well
Thank you Mark, that was very clarifying. Now makes sense.
Regarding the supposed bug, you're right, I've tested the same on the last nightly build and it works perfectly