accidentals above note (for editorial corrections or musica ficta)

Your idea

It would be nice to have an option in the Properties panel to put particular accidentals above the note. (This would only apply to selected accidentals, not all accidentals.)

Occasional accidentals above the notes are a common convention in modern editions of early music, for example, when notating accidentals that were omitted from the score but are implied (musica ficta). I've also seen it in new editions of e.g. baroque music when an editor indicates an accidental that was not explicitly written in the score, perhaps due to a printing error, but is probably implied.

See also #19177.

Problem to be solved

This can be done manually right now by clicking and dragging an accidental, but it's hard to get the placement completely consistent (especially across other edits).

Prior art

For example, see this Renaissance piece by Arcadelt, which was typeset using Lilypond:

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The issue points to the Properties panel and the existing manual accidental-dragging behavior; start by tracing those entry points and review related issue #19177. Done means a selected accidental can be placed above its note through an option, with placement remaining consistent after other edits.