Inform the user of the selected playing technique annotation

[FloraCanou]

Your idea

Currently changing the text of a playing technique annotation such as pizzicato and arco doesn't affect the playback. It's therefore possible to accidentally change a pizzicato text to "arco", in which case there's no way to know it still affects the playback as a pizzicato.

The status bar at the bottom usually tells us what a selected element is, but playing technique annotations are an exception in that they follow the apparent text the user enters, without telling the user what they actually are.

I think the actual playing technique should be reflected somewhere in the UI, possibly in the status bar. Alternatively, changing the text should affect playback.

Problem to be solved

It will solve the possible confusion caused by the mismatch between the apparent text and the actual function.

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[bkunda]

@avvvvve worth noting for the sound flags designs

[wizofaus]

Definitely agree with this, and really I would think if the plan is to keep playing technique annotations (rather than switch to using "sound flags" for everything), then there should be some way of creating new playing technique annotations even if you've deleted the default ones from the palette, or even just having the ability to create a "blank" playing technique annotation then change it to pick the actual technique you want based on what the instrument supports. E.g. as a pianist it feels a bit weird choosing "open" from the palette when you really want "tre corda"!