8va underneath an upper stave 8va - Dorico refuses

[Ram_Haimoff]

Hello to you all and hope all is well .

So - I am trying to split a melodic line between two hands ( piano) so I need the 8va on the upper and lower stave but for some reason Dorico will not allow the lower stave 8va.
Due to notation preferences I have used the M and not the Alt+M.
Must I split beaming for this to happen?
Thanks .

[pianoleo]

No, you just need to use the caret:

@Lillie_Harris

When you have cross-staff notes, you need to input the octave line either from the caret (i.e. activate the caret, make sure it’s on the top staff, and input the octave line with the caret active, making sure you press Space after input to give it duration and make it appear) or input it on the bottom staff and move it to the staff above.

[Ram_Haimoff]

thanks very much for your help.