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Text editing: there is no way to hide text widget and stay in text-edit mode
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text_editting.zip - Try to edit a lyric.
There seems to be no way to hide the text-editing widget while remaining in text-edit mode. Pressing Esc simply closes the widget and leaves text-edit mode, and there is no other way to simply hide the widget.
Suggestion
Have a cross symbol on the widget to hide it, while remaining in text-edit mode.
Note:: There is actually a workaround which is also a bug. If you scroll the mouse while the widget is open, the widget closes and you can edit the text without it..
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.6.0-252730944, revision: github-musescore-musescore-7829779
Regression
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Operating system
OS: Linux Mint 21, Arch.: x86_64,
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