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Long instrument names in "New Score" are truncated and do not show tooltips
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Description
Issue type
UI bug (incorrect info or interface appearance)
Description with steps to reproduce
In some languages, the names of some instruments are too long to fit in the "New Score" > "Choose Instruments" menu, so they are truncated, but they do not show tooltips when you hover over them, making some instruments indistinguishable.
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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?
4.0 - 5.0 main
Regression
No.
Operating system
macOS 26.5
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