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Changing header Y-offset doesn't work symmetrically to footer Y-offset

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Description

Issue type

UX/Interaction bug (incorrect behaviour)

Description with steps to reproduce

Let's start with footer at default position.

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Change the Y-offset of the footer in Style:

  1. if you increase it, the footer will just go outside the page, (correctly) moving indipendently from the rest of the score
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  2. if you decrease it, the footer will (correctly, again) "push up" the lower staff in order to avoid collision:
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Now, let's try with the header, with its default position and "mirroring" the actions we did with the footer:

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  1. if you increase the Y-offset, the header will just trespass the first staff, without avoiding any collision:
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  2. if you decrease the Y-offset, the header will move outside the page (as expected), but it will "push down" the first staff as it would be expected for case 1.
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Footer correct behaviour:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f6e7c85b-3274-444c-8934-3cc353661c8d

Header incorrect behaviour:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5cab3be7-7e79-4db4-ba88-19a6e25f063b

In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

4.0.2–4.7.5

Regression

No

Operating system

Windows 11

Additional context

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