Inconsistent selection results when pasting
In the sample score copy the first measure of the Bass Clarinet and paste it into the Bassoon and note that only an accidental is then selected. Copy the Bassoon and paste it into the Contrabassoon and notice that everything pasted is now selected rather than only an accidental. If you were to paste the Bass Clarinet into the Contrabassoon on the accidental would be selected. If you copy from the Cello to the Double Bass you get the pasted notes selected. I believe that everything pasted should be selected so you can do action on it if desired.
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I copy Bass Clari and paste to Basson I have that, all seems correct
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In reply to I copy Bass Clari and paste by Raymond Wicquart
The paste works fine, yes, but after the operation, there is only a single flat sign selected, rather than the whole passage being selected as one might expect.
I'm not entirely sure this isn't by design; but I would think selecting all pasted elements is indeed the desired behavior.
The issue is triggered when copy-pasting between differently transposed staffs. Likely because those accidentals have been changed by the paste action the selection changes.
You can verify this by also copying from violoncello (m1) and pasting into bass clarinet (m2).
As a workaround, you can turn on 'Concert Pitch' display mode in the toolbar, then the staves are no longer seen as transposing and copy-pasting behaves consistently.
In reply to I'm not entirely sure this by jeetee
This is an actual measure from a song I'm transcribing. It's all in unison but the contrabassoon and double bass need to be transposed down an octave, so I have to figure out where in the measure I can click to reselect it or of course click the first and shift click the last note of the measure. This is not an unusual occurrence, it just slows down the process in an already huge project. So putting it in concert pitch mode does nothing to speed this up.
In reply to This is an actual measure by mike320
Putting it in concert mode does speed up the copy-paste process, as it leaves the notes selected after pasting, just as you wanted.
However as I stated as well, it is worth putting this request into the actual issue tracker in trying to get this to expected behavior if concert pitch is turned off as well. Please do so.
In reply to Putting it in concert mode by jeetee
done
In reply to done by mike320
In #152236: Keep notes selected when pasting in different transposition staff