diff --git a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 615d6a5f..4f52756d 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -3522,7 +3522,8 @@ void PTextEdit::fillRecentFiles()
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
- * <p> run list is split (space separated) and expanded (start-end -> start, start+1, ..., end) to a list
+ * <p> run list is split (space separated), expanded (start-end -> start, start+1, ..., end) or
+ * (start:end:step -> start, start+step, ..., end) to a list.
  *
  * \param runListStr list to be split and expanded
  * \param ok true if everything is fine; false if an error has been encountered
@@ -3572,6 +3573,37 @@ QStringList PTextEdit::getRunList(QString runListStr, bool &ok)
         str = QString("%1").arg(i);
         result << str;
       }
+    } else if (tok[i].contains(':')) { // list given, hence need to expand
+      QStringList runListTok = tok[i].split(':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+      int start{0}, end{0}, step{0};
+      if (runListTok.size() != 3) { // error
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      start = runListTok[0].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      end = runListTok[1].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      step = runListTok[2].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      do {
+        str = QString("%1").arg(start);
+        result << str;
+        start += step;
+      } while (start <= end);
     } else { // keep it
       result << tok[i];
     }
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 3c28f837..891ab867 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -3487,7 +3487,8 @@ void PTextEdit::fillRecentFiles()
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /**
- * <p> run list is split (space separated) and expanded (start-end -> start, start+1, ..., end) to a list
+ * <p> run list is split (space separated), expanded (start-end -> start, start+1, ..., end) or
+ * (start:end:step -> start, start+step, ..., end) to a list.
  *
  * \param runListStr list to be split and expanded
  * \param ok true if everything is fine; false if an error has been encountered
@@ -3529,6 +3530,37 @@ QStringList PTextEdit::getRunList(QString runListStr, bool &ok)
         str = QString("%1").arg(i);
         result << str;
       }
+    } else if (tok[i].contains(':')) { // list given, hence need to expand
+      QStringList runListTok = tok[i].split(':', Qt::SkipEmptyParts);
+      int start{0}, end{0}, step{0};
+      if (runListTok.size() != 3) { // error
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      start = runListTok[0].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      end = runListTok[1].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      step = runListTok[2].toInt(&isInt);
+      if (!isInt) {
+        ok = false;
+        result.clear();
+        return result;
+      }
+      do {
+        str = QString("%1").arg(start);
+        result << str;
+        start += step;
+      } while (start <= end);
     } else { // keep it
       result << tok[i];
     }