Feature Request: Add more means to zoom in Piano Roll Editor.
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
Currently, without a mouse, there is no way of zooming in or out in the Piano Roll Editor. Since many people use Musescore on a laptop without a mouse, it makes sense to provide other means for zooming. To be consistent with the rest of the app, I suggest that Piano Roll Editor adapt the same keyboard shortcuts-- ctrl + for zoom in, ctrl - for zoom out, and ctrl 0 to reset zoom to 100%--add trackpad pinch zoom, and the ability to enter in the zoom level in the upper horizontal settings bar. The above suggestions would make the Piano Roll Editor more accessibility and laptop friendly.
Reference: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/piano-roll-editor
Fix version
3.5.0
Comments
zooming is possible even without a mouse, via a touch pad or tough screen and a pinch gesture or Ctrl+drag
And may not be (easily) available even with a mouse (if that doesn't have a scroll wheel)
In reply to zooming is possible even… by Jojo-Schmitz
For some reason, I couldn't get the touchpad to work last time. Now it's working. So, the pinch zoom option is already taken care of.
I got an email about this issue. Is the workaround enough to resolve it, or does work need to be done to add the keyboard zoom options?
In reply to I got an email about this… by blackears
For accessibility, I suggest providing a purely keyboard means to zooming (e.g., ctrl + for zoomming in) in the PRE. Ideally, the entire Musescore application should be usable without a mouse or trackpad.
I'm having no luck compiling the latest version of MuseScore. I may not be able to fix this.
I think "Zooming the Piano Roll Editor" (other than the name of a movie and its character) sounds to me (a frequent patron) not like "just let me see the bits bigger" but allowing interaction with more resolution on very fast notes, which requires application participation beyond OS zooming.
Fixed in branch master, commit e0566e111f
_fix #289425 Allow user to zoom in PRE using keyboard shortcuts
Allow the user to zoom the Piano Roll Editor window using the keyboard.
Ctrl - and Ctrl = will zoom horizontally
Ctrl Alt - and Ctrl Alt = will zoom vertically.
Adding keypresses to enable zoom in PRE.
Can now also use Alt to zoom window
Using shortcut system to listen to keyboard input.
Fixing indent
Removing unused code.
Making WsWidget a regular enum.
Making shortcut name clearer.
Fixing text, removing unneeded files.
Fixing text, removing unneeded files._
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.