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Overlapping dots in chords
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Description
Describe the bug
The dot of one note in a chord gets hidden by the dot of another note in the same chord
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- Create a new score
- Write the "third + second" dotted chords starting from any line of the staff (pic. 1) or write the "second + second" dotted chords starting between any two lines of the staff (pic. 2)


Expected behavior
It is assumed that there should be as many dots as there are notes. It can be fixed with X button but I think it should work by default.
Platform information
- OS: Windows 11
Additional context
I'm not sure how it should look right, but the Finale does this:

And it is possible to fix "third + second" chords in MS4 but the only way to fix "second + second" chords looks like this:

which is different from the Finale option.
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