musescore / musescore/MuseScore

When adding staff/system text via palettes, show in edit mode with text selected

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Description

Your idea

Right now when I click on a note and click enter text, I have to then select the text and then type what I want. Or something along those lines. I think when you click a note to add text, you should be able to start typing immediately. Some apps show the text box with the cursor ready to go. There is often a grayed-out field name which gets typed over. I think this would be a more efficient method of entering text.

Problem to be solved

needing to take too many steps to input text.

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Research direction

The issue does not name files or tests. Start by tracing how staff and system text is inserted from palettes, then inspect the transition into text-editing mode. Done means newly added text is immediately selected or has the cursor ready so typing replaces or enters text without an extra selection step.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop, frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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