FR - Populate popover when a locally entered chord symbol is clicked

[rraby]

It appears that when clicking on a chord symbol that was entered locally (using Opt-L on the Mac), the popover does not populate with the existing chord symbol, whereas it does for chord symbols entered globally.

It would be a very helpful quality-of-life improvement if clicking on any chord symbol, whether entered locally or globally, populated the popover with the existing symbol, making it much quicker to edit.

[Janus]

Could be a Mac problem, as it works here on Windows.

[rraby]

Thanks for checking @Janus - very much appreciated.

I’ve just tried again, and the problem remains. In case it isn’t clear from the GIF, these are the steps I followed:

1. Press Shift–Q to open the chord symbol popover.
2. Press Opt–L to make the chord symbol local.
3. Play a chord on my MIDI controller.
4. Press Escape to close the popover.
5. Click on the chord symbol.

…and hey presto—the popover isn’t populated!

I guess this must be a bug?

[Janus]

Hopefully one of the many Mac users can help you.

[Rikard]

I tried to reproduce it, but it’s working here on a Mac. (I don’t have a midi controller, so I entered the chords with the regular keyboard, but that shouldn’t matter?)

[FredGUnn]

It works fine on single staff instruments …

… but doesn’t work for grand staff instruments when chord symbols are set to show between staves:

Seems like a bug to me.

[Janus]

OK, that narrows it down.
And now I get the same result on Windows.

[rraby]

Many thanks for your detective work @FredGUnn. I can confirm that I see the same behaviour: there are no issues with single-staff instruments, but the problem is easily reproducible with grand staff instruments.

I have my fingers crossed that this might be addressed in a future update, as it seems that at present the only way to update a chord symbol in these circumstances is to delete it and enter it again.