Can't easily move "instrument change" elements to different measures

[wizofaus]

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Bug description

If you've added a "Change Instr." item to your score, then need to move it to a different measure for whatever reason, there are appears to be no way to do so - dragging/cutting/pasting etc. do not work. This can be an issue if you need to delete measures etc.

Steps to reproduce

1. Add an instrument change element to the second measure of an empty score
2. Set properties as needed (e.g. add a frame with a white background so it masks barlines etc.)
3. Attempt to drag it either to the first or 3rd measure - it won't re-attach itself the way, say, dynamics will.
4. Select it and "cut" it to the clipboard, then attempt to paste it to another measure, but paste does nothing (edit: unless you only have a single note/rest selected - then it does appear to work. But it definitely doesn't work when cut/copied as part of a range, e.g. if you select the whole measure and cut/copy that to the clipboard).

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

MuseScore Version

4.2

Regression

I don't know

Operating system

Windows 11

Additional context

No response

[zacjansheski]

The same can be said about staff text in general.
Same behavior since Mu3.
Luckily it is easy to cut and paste.

With that in mind I think this should be considered a feature request.

[MarcSabatella]

To be clear: cut / paste does work, assuming you select the text itself. Unlike staff text, it doesn’t copy as part of a range, though. Probably by design but I’m not sure.

[wizofaus]

I try many times and paste simply doesn't work for me (cut works).

[MarcSabatella]

Works for me on Windows and Linux. As with any text, make sure you have a single note/rest selected when pasting.

If you continue to have trouble, please attach the score and give precise steps to reproduce the problem - saying which text you are trying to cut, how you are selecting it, and exactly what you are selecting before pasting it.

[wizofaus]

Seems the problem is what you have selected when you pasted - you have to have a note or rest selected (vs a measure/range), then it works.

[MarcSabatella]

By design, yes - text markings like this aren’t attached to ranges, they are attached to specific notes.

Certainly as a feature request, pasting into a range could be interpreted as pasting onto the first note of the selection, or possibly the first note of each staff within the selection, much as was recently implemented for palette add.