musescore / musescore/MuseScore

[MU4 Issue] Text boxes have no limits

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Description

Describe the bug
Text boxes can have unlimited amounts of text.

Examples

Score title: The program starts running slower and can't display the name in the tab
too_much_text

Palette element name: Text goes out of the bubble
palette_element_text_overflow

Palette name: Abbreviates the full name to just "..." and overflows the bubble on adding elements.
palette_name_overflow

Fix

Text boxes should have a limited amount of characters / If there is too much text it should display it with some characters and three dots "..." at the end.

Platform information

  • OS: Windows 11

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