musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Add default text positioning options for ottavas

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Description

Your idea

It would be helpful to allow default positioning settings for ottavas' text. Either from within the style window or by exposing these values to the properties panel and setting them from there.

Problem to be solved

Offsetting ottava text by default would be especially helpful to change the relative height to the ottava's line, as MuseScore's default settings don't fully align with my personal preferences.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how ottava text positioning is represented, then inspect the style window and properties panel mentioned in the issue. Determine where default relative height and offset values belong, and verify that new defaults can be set and applied consistently to ottavas.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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