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Resolves: #28545

Depends on musescore/muse_framework#280

Summary:

This PR provides a suggested way to more gracefully and usefully deal with QML errors encountered in plug-ins. Currently, when a plug-in error occurs, MuseScore writes the error to the log but does not notify the user; execution stops without any visible explanation, making the problem difficult for users to understand or report to the plug-in developer.

This PR now displays an error dialog for both plug-in loading and runtime QML errors. The dialog contains a concise message and a field for the technical details that can be copied by the user to send to the plug-in developer.

Errors reported are restricted to those originating only from the active plug-in. When one is detected, MuseScore stops the plug-in and closes its windows before displaying the dialog.

The strings will need localizing. I built mscore and tested that this works with several QML errors inside a plug-in.

MuseScore plug-in error dialog

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  • git diff --check in MuseScore and muse_framework

  • Uncrustify validation of the changed C++ implementation files and framework header

  • Built and launched MuseScore Studio Development

  • Tested with several deliberate QML plug-in errors

  • Confirmed the error dialog contains copyable technical details

  • Confirmed plug-in windows close when an error is handled

  • Confirmed long details text wraps

  • I signed the CLA as michaelnorris.

  • The title of the PR describes the problem it addresses.

  • Each commit's message describes its purpose and effects, and references the issue it resolves.

  • The code in the PR follows the coding rules.

  • I understand all aspects of the code I'm contributing and I'm able to explain it if requested.

  • The code compiles and runs on my machine. I have manually tested and verified that my changes fulfil their intended purpose.

  • No prior attempts to resolve this problem exist, or if they do, they are described above.

  • There are no unnecessary changes.

  • I created a unit test or vtest to verify the changes I made (if applicable).

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PluginAPI::runPlugin() now monitors QML warnings from the plugin URL. It reports the first matching error with translated diagnostics, closes plugin windows, and quits the plugin. Plugin windows are found as child QWindow objects and through child window properties. The method emits run() after setup completes. The header adds interactive context injection, error state, and declarations for the new methods.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The change adds user-visible plug-in QML error reporting and cleanup behavior. No concrete merge-blocking risk remains in the finalized assessment.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 2 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly describes the main change: displaying plug-in errors to users.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the issue reference, motivation, implementation summary, validation details, dependency, and completed checklist. The unit test checkbox is left unchecked, but the description…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #28545 by displaying active plug-in QML errors in a user-facing dialog with copyable technical details. The plug-in is stopped and its windows are closed when an error occurs…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes remain within scope. Error monitoring, diagnostic display, plug-in shutdown, and window closure directly support the linked issue and stated objectives.
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record only the first match: append its description and toString() details, then
stop iterating. Preserve the existing errorMessages and errorDetails behavior
for the selected diagnostic.
- Line 309: In the plug-in window shutdown flow, call the QML Window’s hide
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Display plug-in errors/logs to user if an error is encountered

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