musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Allow user to disable Properties pop-up menus

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Description

Your idea

Allow the user to disable any Properties pop-up menu that obscures the score viewing area. This can be done in the Preferences tab.

Problem to be solved

These large Properties pop-up menus obscure a significant part of the score. When I click text in a frame, I can not read the score to update the text. This is a nuisance and I would prefer to disable the pop-up. Note the Properties menu is easy to access via a tab off to the side and the pop-up is redundant.

Prior art

Finale does not use pop-ups that obscure the score.

Additional context

These Properties pop-ups started with version 4.6.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the Properties pop-up and the Preferences tab in the desktop UI; done means users can disable the pop-up menus from Preferences and the score remains unobscured when editing text.

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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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