Articulation combination coherence

[andrepeiry]

Issue type

Engraving bug

Bug description

Articulation shortcut combination doesn't behave nicely

Steps to reproduce

Steps to get bad articulation

• Select a note (or multiple)
• Use a first articulation shortcut (in following screenshot : Shift+ S for staccato)
• Use a second articulation shortcut (Shift + V for accent)

Steps to avoid

• Select a note (or multiple)
• The following are equivalent
  • Use a shortcut and a manual click on the articulation palette
  • Use two manual click on the articulation palette

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Expected, using one shortcut + one click in articulation palette :

Using two shortcuts :

MuseScore Version

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009, Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 4.0.2-230651553, revision: github-musescore-musescore-dbe7c6d

Regression

(No idea)

Operating system

Windows 10, 22H2, Build 19045.2728

Additional context

I think this was made with the intend of creating special articulation (Staccato + Accent) as articulation as a whole, which is align outside of the staff, but it remove the ability for having part of it inline (In the screenshot, the staccatos are all inside the staff, but the staccato and accent, because it is now "as one", is outside the staff and no more aligned with the others staccatos.

[its-not-nice]

It seems unarguable (famous last words) that adding a staccato and accent (for example) separately, for example, whether from the top toolbar or the articulations palette, should give you the same result as adding the already-combined 'staccato and accent' item from the palette.

However, what that result should actually be, i.e. whether a combined symbol is used or not and how the articulation(s) are positioned, needs to depend on more intelligent logic than we have currently. For example:

(Naturally, some style preferences can come into play to configure the desired behaviour.)

The question is: when we end up with a combined articulation but we wish to, for whatever reason, uncombine it (perhaps to offset one of them separately), how do we achieve this? We cannot select individual components of the articulation as it will be a single glyph. Perhaps a simple 'Decompose' button in Properties is enough. Here I invoke the might of @bkunda for guidance.

[bkunda]

The question is: when we end up with a combined articulation but we wish to, for whatever reason, uncombine it (perhaps to offset one of them separately), how do we achieve this? We cannot select individual components of the articulation as it will be a single glyph. Perhaps a simple 'Decompose' button in Properties is enough. Here I invoke the might of @bkunda for guidance.

There are a few possibilities here, and we might make use of multiple approaches to increase their discoverability. At any rate, I'd suggest that our approach should also be used for other elements as appropriate (@oktophonie I'm thinking the combined dynamics+expression element too). Right off the bat, we might consider:

• An "ungroup" or "unlink" button in Properties
• The same option available in a context menu
• A shortcut+click combination to select only one element at a time (effectively unlinked them)

Or any variation on the above.