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Resolves: musescore/MuseScore#34427

Braille cells normally have cursor routing keys above each letter, to directly click and move the cursor there. Functions for that had to be implemented accordingly, as MuseScore uses their own accessibility logic, not the QT built in one. This pull request partially resolves the mentioned issue, combined with another one on musescore itself which I'll submit right after.

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The accessibility interface now supports setting and removing selections and moving the cursor. AccessibleItemInterface forwards these operations to accessible items, including empty selections. AccessibleItem connects them to QML text controls through the textItem property. Text input components expose their internal controls. Selection counting now reports selected ranges. New tests cover forwarding, selection counts, cursor operations, and missing text items.

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This change enables assistive technologies to move text cursors and selections in QML input controls. A remaining threading concern during concurrent text edits could cause unstable accessibility behavior, so it should be resolved before merge.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 70 functions across 6 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title identifies the main change: fixing Braille routing key handling. It is concise and related to the accessibility changes.
Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies issue #34427, explains the motivation and scope, completes the required checklist, and includes build configuration and tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #34427 by forwarding selection and cursor operations through the accessibility layer, connecting editable QML text controls, and adding tests. The stated partial resolution i…
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In `@framework/ui/qml/Muse/Ui/qmlaccessible.cpp`:
- Around line 374-385: Update the AccessibleItem selection logic to queue work
on this before accessing m_textItem or m_text. Inside the GUI-thread lambda,
read the current m_textItem, calculate clamped offsets from
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Comment on lines +374 to +385
if (selectionIndex != 0 || !m_textItem) {
return;
}

const int count = accessibleCharacterCount();
const int start = std::clamp(startOffset, 0, count);
const int end = std::clamp(endOffset, 0, count);

//! NOTE Accessibility calls may arrive on a thread other than the GUI one
//! (in-process UIA providers can be invoked from an RPC thread), so the write
//! is queued onto the text item's own thread.
QQuickItem* textItem = m_textItem;

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Move all AccessibleItem state access to its owning thread.

Lines 374-385 read m_textItem and m_text before the queued call. Lines 397-402 read m_textItem before the queued call. The code states that UIA can call these methods from an RPC thread. Concurrent GUI-thread updates from setText() or setTextItem() cause a C++ data race.

Queue a lambda on this first. Read m_textItem, calculate the clamped offsets, and update the text control inside that GUI-thread lambda.

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-    if (selectionIndex != 0 || !m_textItem) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    const int count = accessibleCharacterCount();
-    const int start = std::clamp(startOffset, 0, count);
-    const int end = std::clamp(endOffset, 0, count);
-
-    QQuickItem* textItem = m_textItem;
-    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(textItem, [textItem, start, end]() {
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, [this, selectionIndex, startOffset, endOffset]() {
+        if (selectionIndex != 0 || !m_textItem) {
+            return;
+        }
+        const int count = accessibleCharacterCount();
+        const int start = std::clamp(startOffset, 0, count);
+        const int end = std::clamp(endOffset, 0, count);
+        QQuickItem* textItem = m_textItem;
         if (start == end) {
             textItem->setProperty("cursorPosition", start);
         } else {
             QMetaObject::invokeMethod(textItem, "select", Q_ARG(int, start), Q_ARG(int, end));
         }
     }, Qt::QueuedConnection);

Also applies to: 397-402

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[warning] 385-385: variable 'textItem' is not initialized

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In `@framework/ui/qml/Muse/Ui/qmlaccessible.cpp` around lines 374 - 385, Update
the AccessibleItem selection logic to queue work on this before accessing
m_textItem or m_text. Inside the GUI-thread lambda, read the current m_textItem,
calculate clamped offsets from accessibleCharacterCount(), and update the text
control; apply the same ownership-thread access pattern to the related logic
around the second m_textItem read.

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