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Provide a way to easily align objects such as articulations and text

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Description

Your idea

Sometimes, articulations and text that is attached to a note needs to be aligned to the same vertical height, rather than in relation to the respective notes:

articulations alignment

In this example, I would expect the flageolet signs to be in line with each other:

aligned articulations
Problem to be solved

See above

Prior art

Graphic design software offers align commands that move selected objects to the same vertical or horizontal level. This would make a rather obvious solution from a user's perspective.

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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by clarifying which attached objects should be alignable and how vertical or horizontal alignment should work, then define acceptance examples matching the provided screenshots.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
design, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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