fix(pitchstaircase): correct stair ratio corruption, undefined crash, and broken recursion termination

[netram75]

Description:

Fixes #7468

PR Category

• Bug Fix
• Feature
• Performance
• Tests
• Documentation
• Chore/Refactor

Description

Three bugs in js/widgets/pitchstaircase.js affecting the dissect button and playback functions.

Bug 1 - Stair ratio corruption in _dissectStair

After finding the source stair at index n, the loop calls splice(i, 0, [...]) to insert the new stair at position i. When i < n, this shifts every element right by one so this.Stairs[n] no longer points to the original source stair. The numerator, denominator, base frequency, and octave were being read from the wrong stair, silently storing incorrect ratio metadata on every new step created below the source.

Fix: snapshot this.Stairs[n][3], [4], [2], and [6] into local constants before the loop starts, so all three splice call sites use the correct values regardless of where insertion happens.

Bug 2 - TypeError crash when previousRowNumber is negative in _playNext

On the first descending step (index = 0, next = 1), previousRowNumber becomes -1. JavaScript returns undefined for negative array indices, not null. The guard was pscTableCell !== null which passed undefined through. The next line .rows[0].cells[1] then threw a TypeError, crashing Play Up-and-Down before the first note highlighted.

Fix: guard previousRowNumber >= 0 before the array access and assign null explicitly when negative, then check !== null && !== undefined to safely skip the cell reset.

Bug 3 - Recursion never terminates due to || instead of &&

The recursive call at the bottom of _playNext was gated by:

if (index < this.Stairs.length || index > -1)

This is always true for any reachable index. The boundary exit handlers at the top of the function (index === -1 and index === this.Stairs.length) were meant to stop the recursion but they were effectively unreachable via normal flow.

Fix: changed to && so the condition correctly bounds the index on both sides.

Changes Made

• js/widgets/pitchstaircase.js - three targeted fixes, no other files touched

Testing Performed

• npm run lint: 0 errors
• npx prettier --check js/widgets/pitchstaircase.js: pass
• npm test: all suites pass

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[netram75]

@walterbender Please have a look when you get time