v4.3 closes app when document window is closed
Prior to v4.3 when I closed the document window, I was left with the list of recent files and could open a new document. Now the entire application is closed.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009 or later, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.3.0-241231433, revision: 5f36e74
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Click the X on the main score tab of the open document, not the X at the top right of the window. This will close the window if there's another window open, or it will just close the document and go to the home screen if that's the only window. Clicking the X on the window closes the window, even if it's the only one. I don't think this has changed since v4.0.
In reply to Click the X on the main… by jscaranomusic
I know the difference between the X's. That's why I said the document window and not the app window. I've been using and writing WIndows apps for over 35 years.
In reply to I know the difference… by memeweaver
The document doesn't have a separate window in version 4. The document only has a tab, and closing the tab never closes the app. Closing the window will close the app if there are no other documents open. This hasn't changed between 4.2 and 4.3; it's been the same since 4.0.
In reply to The document doesn't have a… by jscaranomusic
Your reply makes no sense. Musescore doesn't have a tabbed interface.
The behaviour of closing documents has changed between 4.2 and 4.3 - I've produced thousands of Musescore files from 3.x to 4.3 and the change is very noticeable. Hence making this post.
In reply to Your reply makes no sense… by memeweaver
You might might need to post a screenshot or screen recording of what's happening, because I can't make sense of what you're saying has changed.
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Clicking the X on a part tab closes that part but not the document, clicking the X on the score tab (circled) closes the document and returns to the home screen if that is the only window open (otherwise it closes the document and the window, but does not close MuseScore), and clicking the X in the top right of the window closes that window, regardless of whether there is another window open.
Since 4.0, there has been a separate window for each document, and tabs within each window for the score and for each part that is open.
There was a very noticeable change in the behaviour from 3.6.2 to 4.0, because the structure of the windows changed and there is no longer one window with tabs for each open document; but I'm not noticing any change to how this works from 4.2 to 4.3.
In reply to You might might need to… by jscaranomusic
It's not complicated: closing the document window (yellow highlight) closes the app (acts as if I used the blue x).
This started with 4.3 . Before that I'd see the "home screen" with a list of recent scores.
I only do piano scores so I never see part "tabs".
In reply to It's not complicated:… by memeweaver
I cannot reproduce, see GIF below (are you sure to save the score?)
In reply to I cannot reproduce, see GIF… by cadiz1
I've had it ever since 4.3
In reply to It's not complicated:… by memeweaver
Yeah, that's definitely not how it's supposed to work, and I've never come across that issue, in any version.