Bring back "Show line" property for text lines

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

Research direction

Start by comparing MuseScore 3's text-line "Show line" behavior with the current MuseScore 4 behavior, using the linked concertina tablature example and support discussion for expected results. Trace the text-line property and its handling of scores created in MuseScore 3; done means the option is available for text lines and the linked tablature use case works predictably.

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Description

feature request P2
Your idea

MuseScore 3 allowed hiding the line for "text line" elements. MuseScore 4 allows this for some line types, but not text lines, although it does respect the setting in scores created using 3. I want this option back.

Problem to be solved

Text lines are the mechanism previously used for implementing concertina tablature in MuseScore 3. This is no longer possible in MuseScore 4, and the workaround of mixing staff text and text lines has proven more difficult and less predictable.

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