musescore / musescore/MuseScore

[MU4 Issue] "Staff/System text properties" (context menu): change wording to clarify; consider removing and transferring options to Properties panel?

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Description

Describe the issue

The current wording of the options "Staff/System text properties" in the context menus for Staff/System text is ambiguous. It looks as if the option is about "text properties" whereas in reality it is about playback properties (swing and capo settings).

Suggestion: Consider changing the wording of "Staff text properties" and "System text properties" to "Text playback properties" (or similar).

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Research direction

Search the source for the exact "Staff text properties" and "System text properties" labels, then inspect the related context-menu definitions and Properties panel. Confirm the intended wording or option relocation with maintainers; done means the ambiguous labels are resolved without losing access to swing and capo settings.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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