musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Staff text line, System text line, and Change instrument palette items should translate

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Description

Issue type

UI bug (incorrect info or interface appearance)

Description with steps to reproduce

There is a weird inconsistency in naming between the "Stave text" and "Staff" text palette items.

Their hover text is "Stave text" and "Stave text line" respectively.

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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

OS: macOS Sequoia (15.7.7), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.7.4-260706075, revision: github-musescore-musescore-7688c00

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

macOS

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  • I have verified that this issue has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar issues
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  • I have attempted to identify the root problem as concisely as possible, and have used minimal reproducible examples where possible

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Research direction

No source files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the palette item labels and their translation entries, then verify the Staff text line, System text line, and Change instrument labels use translatable, consistent wording in the UI.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
localization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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