Need help with tempo popover

Re: Tempo popover difficulty
The documentation says “When you enter text into the tempo popover, a menu appears that shows matching suggestions. You can select a suggestion or enter your own tempo text freely.”
However, when I input “rit. poco a poco” Dorico returns “Poco rit.”
I have read the manual and consulted the forums on this topic.
Please advise.
Thank you.

You would enter shift-T rit., then check the poco a poco property…

Ok got it. In the meantime I got it to work by typing option-space rit. poco a poco, which does get the text in place, but without any tempo playback parameters.

You could also create the rit, then change the text property to whatever you want…