Rogue accidental appears in display dependent on zoom factor

• Jul 14, 2022 - 11:35
Reported version
3.6
Type
Graphical (UI)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore
  1. open the attached file
  2. go to bar 78
  3. change zoom level
    => Dependant on the zoom level, a flat accidental appears between the two lower lines. This is limited to the screen display and does not appear when printing.

MacOS Monterey 12.4

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• Jul 15, 2022 - 16:07

As needed, we'd need you to attach the score in order to investigate. But my guess is, this is an accidental that "belongs" to a note on another page, and got accidentally dragged all the way here. Such elements do indeed become "ghosts", displaying only sometimes. Usually the best way to deal with them is to switch to continuous mode, where page boundaries don't exist, and then see if you can select and reset it (Ctrl+R).

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• Jul 15, 2022 - 16:43

Yes, I found it, it's a flat sign that belongs to the first note of bar 52. Select that bar, hit Ctrl+R, and I think all should be well. Unless there's another one too. Actually, the way I found it was to right-click one accidental, Select / All Similar Elements, and Ctrl+R, and just eyeballed the score to see where something moved. So actually, doing exactly that to reset all accidentals probably makes the most sense.

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