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Resolves: #33949

Summary

Align tempo markings with preceding grace notes when resetting their position.

Description

Tempo markings are supposed to align with the first element in a bar, including grace notes. MuseScore currently does not take grace notes into account when aligning Tempo markings.

This PR adjusts the default horizontal position of tempo markings to align with the leftmost preceding grace note on the marking’s staff, checking all voices. Existing time-signature and rehearsal-mark alignment rules are preserved, and markings with automatic placement disabled are unaffected.

I built mscore and tested the fix, confirming that resetting the tempo marking now aligns it with the grace notes.

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_deps/uncrustify/bin/uncrustify -c muse/tools/codestyle/uncrustify_muse.cfg --check -l CPP src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp
cmake --build builds/Mac-Qtopt-qt-Ninja-Release --target src/engraving/CMakeFiles/engraving.dir/Unity/unity_24_cxx.cxx.o -j 4
cmake --build builds/Mac-Qtopt-qt-Ninja-Release --target mscore -j 6
cmake --install builds/Mac-Qtopt-qt-Ninja-Release

Uncrustify version: 0.74.0. The development app was opened and the fix was manually verified. No automated test was added. No prior PR referencing #33949 was found when preparing this submission.

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layoutTempoText now scans visible preceding grace notes and uses their minimum page-x position for alignment. It then evaluates preceding time signatures by visibility, effective staff, display mode, and placement. Above- or across-staves tempo text can use an eligible signature at or above its staff. Normal tempo text uses a signature on the same staff. A qualifying signature clears grace-note alignment and determines the tempo text position.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e71ac

The new tempo-positioning cases can regress without detection because no visual score covers them. Add focused regression scores before merging.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: aligning tempo markings with preceding grace notes.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The change satisfies issue #33949. TLayout::layoutTempoText scans voices on visible staves and uses preceding grace notes to set the tempo-marking alignment. The update also handles effective staff …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The whole-PR summary shows changes only in src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp. The changes support grace-note alignment and related staff and time-signature resolution for issue #33949. The c…
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All voices in all visible staves would have to be taken into account, otherwise the alignment depends on which stave(s) the tempo indication happens to be attached to:

Screenshot 2026-09-14 at 11 02 10

Users should also be able to set the behaviour globally for the score via the Style dialog, or per instance via the Properties panel.

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mnorrisvuw force-pushed the codex/fix-33949-tempo-grace-note-alignment branch from 964b3d8 to facefb9 Compare September 15, 2026 01:53

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🟡 Minor · Use the visible preceding TimeSig for tempo-text alignment. · src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp:5774-5798

5774-5798: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use the visible preceding TimeSig for tempo-text alignment. EditPart::moveSystemObjects() moves a TempoText to the destination system-object staff but deliberately skips moving TimeSig elements. The layout collector still lays out that tempo text, while allElementsInvisible() can detect the preceding visible time signature on the source staff. For a nonzero destination staff, p->element(item->staffIdx() * VOICES) can therefore be null, so the if (e) body is skipped and the time-signature x-offset is not applied. Resolve the visible TimeSig on p from its placement and owning staff before applying the offset.

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In `@src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp` around lines 5774 - 5798, Update
the zero-rtick alignment logic in moveSystemObjects to resolve the visible
preceding TimeSig on p using its placement and owning staff, rather than only
querying item->staffIdx() * VOICES. Apply the existing time-signature x-offset
when that resolved element exists, including tempo text moved to a nonzero
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- Around line 5774-5798: Update the zero-rtick alignment logic in
moveSystemObjects to resolve the visible preceding TimeSig on p using its
placement and owning staff, rather than only querying item->staffIdx() * VOICES.
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All voices in all visible staves would have to be taken into account, otherwise the alignment depends on which stave(s) the tempo indication happens to be attached to:

Force-pushed new commit to address this:
Screenshot 2026-09-15 at 1 52 08 PM

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I've now addressed the CodeRabbit feedback. Tempo markings resolve the applicable visible time signature rather than looking only on their own staff, including when moved to a lower staff.

Screenshot 2026-09-16 at 6 33 10 AM

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In `@src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp`:
- Around line 5781-5810: Update the time-signature selection logic around the
visible `timeSig` scan to use `item->effectiveStaffIdx()` instead of raw
`item->staffIdx()` in both staff comparisons, and handle `muse::nidx`
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🟡 Minor · Add focused vtest scores for reset-position alignment. · src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp:5757-5819

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Add focused vtest scores for reset-position alignment. vtest/scores/tempoText-1.mscz and tempoText-2.mscz contain no grace notes. They cover only ordinary same-staff time-signature selection, not the preceding-grace scan or multi-staff, above-staff, across-staff, or hidden-staff selection branches in src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp. Add focused scores for these cases. The vtest harness generates one PNG per score and compares it with the reference checkout, so this is the established regression mechanism.

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In `@src/engraving/rendering/score/tlayout.cpp` around lines 5757 - 5819, Add
focused vtest score fixtures covering reset-position alignment in the tempo-text
layout path, including preceding grace notes and multi-staff time-signature
selection for above-staff, across-staff, and hidden-staff cases. Use the
existing tempoText vtest conventions and ensure each score exercises a distinct
branch in the reset-position logic around RehearsalMark and TimeSig selection;
do not alter the layout implementation.
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reset-position alignment in the tempo-text layout path, including preceding
grace notes and multi-staff time-signature selection for above-staff,
across-staff, and hidden-staff cases. Use the existing tempoText vtest
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reset-position logic around RehearsalMark and TimeSig selection; do not alter
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