[MU4 Issue] Minimum distance is active for non-applicable elements

[rgreen5]

Describe the bug

AFAIK, "Minimum distance" (Properties > General > Appearance) only rightfully applies to elements which are applied above or below the staff by default (fingerings, dynamics, staff, text, lines etc)

1. Therefore it should be greyed out for non-applicable elements (at the moment it is always "open").
2. Does it apply to lyrics? If so, it doesn't work.

[MarcSabatella]

Lyrics are handled specially to handle things like the alignment, also the way "offset" doesn't really apply directly for any but the first verse. So it doesn't work the same as other elements, although I'm not totally sure if minimum distance is completely irrelevant or not.

In principle, minimum distance could be used for some elements on the staff, such as to determine horizontal space, or vertical space when "tucking" an element underneath an earlier note that is higher (or above one that is lower). In practice I don't know if this currently happens.

[fp22june]

minimum distance no effect on lyrics first verse or odd line, ms4.2 beta similar to ms3.6.2 https://musescore.org/en/node/357739#comment-1218261

[MarcSabatella]

I'm not understanding how this proposed change is intended to work - how ti is expected to interact with the other properties and style settings already present. is there a specific problem this is designed to solve that isn't solved a better way already? I don't see anything in the linked thread to suggest there is anything this change does that isn't more easily accomplished another way. A specific score and a clear description of the exact intended result would help.