diff --git a/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/FlatButton.qml b/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/FlatButton.qml
index 14816bb3a0183..f4c6fb91f99d0 100644
--- a/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/FlatButton.qml
+++ b/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/FlatButton.qml
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ FocusScope {
     }
 
     signal clicked(var mouse)
-    // There are intentionally no "forwarded" signals here from the MouseArea, like `pressAndHold`
-    // See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/16012#issuecomment-1399656043
+    signal pressAndHold(var mouseEvent)
 
     objectName: root.text
 
@@ -313,6 +312,14 @@ FocusScope {
             ui.tooltip.hide(root, true)
         }
 
+        onPressAndHold: function(mouseEvent) {
+            // Set 'accepted' to false (it is true by default) to not supress the click event.
+            // If a handler consumes this event, it should set 'accepted' to true.
+            mouseEvent.accepted = false
+
+            root.pressAndHold(mouseEvent)
+        }
+
         onContainsMouseChanged: {
             if (!Boolean(root.toolTipTitle) || root.toolTipShowLocked) {
                 return
diff --git a/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/StyledToolBarItem.qml b/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/StyledToolBarItem.qml
index c418f0f6ee81e..7022c40a2e40b 100644
--- a/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/StyledToolBarItem.qml
+++ b/src/framework/uicomponents/qml/Muse/UiComponents/StyledToolBarItem.qml
@@ -103,18 +103,15 @@ FlatButton {
         }
     }
 
-    Connections {
-        target: root.mouseArea
-
-        enabled: root.hasMenu && !menuLoader.isMenuOpened
+    onPressAndHold: function(mouseEvent) {
+        if (menuLoader.isMenuOpened || !root.hasMenu) {
+            return
+        }
 
-        function onPressAndHold() {
-            if (menuLoader.isMenuOpened || !root.hasMenu) {
-                return
-            }
+        // consume event and suppress the click event
+        mouseEvent.accepted = true
 
-            root.toggleMenuOpened()
-        }
+        root.toggleMenuOpened()
     }
 
     Canvas {
diff --git a/src/notation/qml/MuseScore/NotationScene/NoteInputBar.qml b/src/notation/qml/MuseScore/NotationScene/NoteInputBar.qml
index ec3a6d3adbc7d..74e6e91769c3f 100644
--- a/src/notation/qml/MuseScore/NotationScene/NoteInputBar.qml
+++ b/src/notation/qml/MuseScore/NotationScene/NoteInputBar.qml
@@ -155,20 +155,15 @@ Item {
                 }
             }
 
-            Connections {
-                target: btn.mouseArea
-
-                // Make sure we only connect to `pressAndHold` if necessary
-                // See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/16012
-                enabled: btn.hasMenu && !menuLoader.isMenuOpened
+            onPressAndHold: function(mouseEvent) {
+                if (menuLoader.isMenuOpened || !btn.hasMenu) {
+                    return
+                }
 
-                function onPressAndHold() {
-                    if (menuLoader.isMenuOpened || !btn.hasMenu) {
-                        return
-                    }
+                // consume event and suppress the click event
+                mouseEvent.accepted = true
 
-                    btn.toggleMenuOpened()
-                }
+                btn.toggleMenuOpened()
             }
 
             StyledMenuLoader {