musescore / musescore/MuseScore
Can’t drag staff text above already entered staff text
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Description
Issue type
UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)
Description with steps to reproduce
- Enter some staff text above some notes
- Enter a new staff text item above the same notes
- Drag the new item to try and get it above the original staff text
Expected behaviour: Can drag the new text above the old text
Actual behaviour: Old text always stays above the new text
Supporting files, videos and screenshots
Screen recording of behaviour:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/076ec6a2-7997-49ee-a5c6-ca9d8499e30c
In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.6.3
Regression
I was unable to check
Operating system
macOS 15.7.1
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