Metadata-tags not completely explained in tooltip

• Jan 5, 2023 - 09:32
Reported version
4.0
Type
Graphical (UI)
Frequency
Few
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
PR created
Regression
Yes
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

If you want to automatically insert the title of your work in the footer or header, in version 4.0.0, there is no convinient way of finding out what the metadata-tags of arranger, composer etc. are.
Musescore4-Tooltip.png
The tooltip does end without explaining them.

However in MuseScore 3 the tooltip was way more practical, including a proper preview of the current values.
Musescore3-Tooltip.png
It would be great, if this extended tooltip could be added again.

Workaround:

Simply looking the correct names up in MuseScore 🥴

Comments

• Jan 5, 2023 - 09:42
Frequency Few ⇒ Once
Workaround No ⇒ Yes

The tooltip does explain though where they are explained. And the tooltip is too long already.

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• Jan 5, 2023 - 19:12

To me it seems likely to be a bug and not a deliberate change. Note that the tooltip still claims that you can see "their current values", it also still references "Score Properties" when it is now "Project properties".

But, this tooltip has long been one of the most annoying aspects of the MuseScore UI. Pops up whether you want it or not, doesn't stay up long enough to be useful (especially is you don't already know what it's saying). It's in desperate need of a redesign.

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• Jan 5, 2023 - 19:15
Severity S5 - Suggestion ⇒ S4 - Minor

Oh, you're right, there's pretty obviously stuff missing.
My excuse for missing that is that I'm on my mobile, not my PC 😉

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