Tab key handling when creating a new score

• Feb 23, 2023 - 13:57
Reported version
4.0
Type
Ergonomical (UX)
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
GitHub issue
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
MuseScore

When you create a new score / additional information about the score, you can write the title but if you press the tab key it does not go to Composer / Subtitle / etc.
This forces you to click with the mouse, it's not convenient.

Comments

• Feb 24, 2023 - 16:38
Status active ⇒ GitHub issue

This is currently by design - Tab moves between groups of controls, and cursor keys (in this case, Up/Down) move between individual controls. This is a newer design paradigm other programs have also adopted, designed to simplify navigation by eliminating the need to Tab through every. single. control. one. at. a. time.

That said, there is always room for refinement over how these tab groups are defined, and this dialog has been identified as a potential one for tweaking. See for instance https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/12851

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