You can set * (Shift+8) as a shortcut to do something (e.g. set duration to 16th note) but it won't work.

[JoJawesome]

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce

1. Go to Edit>Preferences>Shortcuts.
2. Set an arbitrary action to be triggered by * by selecting it,, hitting "Define...", then hitting Shift+8, then Save, then OK.
3. Congratulations! You have set up a shiny new shortcut that won't do anything no matter how hard you try.
4. Weep, for all is lost. Or set your action to LITERALLY ANY OTHER KEY IDK

Supporting files, videos and screenshots

what i've added should already be sufficient hopefully

What is the latest version of MuseScore Studio where this issue is present?

4.4.4 (yep, it got this far!)

Regression

Yes, this used to work in MuseScore 3.x and now is broken

Operating system

Windows 11

Additional context

No response

Checklist

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[MarcSabatella]

Thanks for reporting! This appears to be a duplicate of a few others, such as #14539 and a half dozen or so others.

Workaround for now is to export your shortcuts to an XML file and edit it by hand, then reload them.

[JoJawesome]

This only happens with Shift+8 for me. Shift+2, Shift+3, and Shift+4, as well as Shift+6, worked admirably, so I assumed Shift+8 was the odd one out and I could assume the same working state for Shift+5, Shift+7, Shift+9, and Shift+0. I saw some other ones like the question I submitted, but they were a couple years old, so I assumed the bug they were referring to had been patched. Sorry for the inconvenience, JoJo

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On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM Marc Sabatella ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for reporting! This appears to be a duplicate of a few others, such as #14539 <#14539> and a half dozen or so others. Workaround for now is to export your shortcuts to an XML file and edit it by hand, then reload them. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#26334 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHUF7JNMIS4SKWU4RBPEOST2OEHSTAVCNFSM6AAAAABWPJOBPKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDMMZUHA3DQOBQG4> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

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