From 248acbf9a4f046182763a3214d29b90e60326834 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dalton Messmer <messmer.dalton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 13:52:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Improve strum tool LMB event (#8195)

---
 src/gui/editors/PianoRoll.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gui/editors/PianoRoll.cpp b/src/gui/editors/PianoRoll.cpp
index a0e1ac4cf..09d975625 100644
--- a/src/gui/editors/PianoRoll.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editors/PianoRoll.cpp
@@ -1666,8 +1666,7 @@ void PianoRoll::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent * me )
 	if (m_editMode == EditMode::Strum && me->button() == Qt::LeftButton)
 	{
 		// Only strum if the user is dragging a selected note
-		const auto& selectedNotes = getSelectedNotes();
-		if (std::find(selectedNotes.begin(), selectedNotes.end(), noteUnderMouse()) != selectedNotes.end())
+		if (Note* note = noteUnderMouse(); note && note->selected())
 		{
 			updateStrumPos(me, true, me->modifiers() & Qt::ShiftModifier);
 			m_strumEnabled = true;