A no label option for condensing?

[duck2too]

Sorry if this topic has been discussed before, but the other posts on this are several years old. I’m wondering if this option is going to be implemented.

In this particular situation I’m using condensing simply to be able to enter and playback certain things on separate staves but have them display in an orderly way on a single staff.

I’m able to accomplish what I want by hiding every single label, but this is tedious and time consuming.

I’d love to get an update on this issue!

Thanks,

– Aaron

[TonH]

Not sure which labels you’re refering to, assuming staff labels, which normally looks like this

If you give both players the same name

And set this in Layout options

You get this

Edit, I guess on second guess you don’t want to have the player labels in the music

You could change the player label paragraph style, set opacity of the foreground color to 0% to get this

[clancyweeks]

That, unfortunately, would not really help with the issue I’m having, and that is the label affects vertical spacing. In most situations, these labels are unnecessary in a score (when rests are on) and only cause problems in spacing. There seems to be a setting that turns them off, but it never works consistently.

[TonH]

You’re correct this has no effect on vertical spacing.

Setting font size to 0 pt seem to hide them too, maybe that helps in you situation?

[Janus]

@clancyweeks

There seems to be a setting that turns them off, but it never works consistently.

You can select and hide in Engrave properties (consistently).

[clancyweeks]

@Janus

You can select and hide in Engrave properties (consistently).

True, but I’m talking about this in Notation Options:

[Christian_R]

@clancyweeks

a setting that turns them off, but it never works consistently.

@clancyweeks

I’m talking about this in Notation Options:

Hi @clancyweeks, could you upload a Dorico project example that shows this inconsistency? Thanks.

Interestingly, I recreated the example of that Notation Option, and indeed the labels are not being omitted. Any ideas?:

Condensing for players inactive for some of the system.dorico (1.4 MB)

[Estigy]

That looks like a valid bug report to me.

[DanielMuzMurray]

I feel like the behaviour might be too obvious for it to be a bug, and that there will be some kind of a reason. I’d like to know!

[Estigy]

I always have the option selected as in @Christian_R 's example, and I keep having to remove player numbers at spots where the combination of having a rest in one voice and the correct stem direction in the upper voice makes it 100% obvious which player was playing.

As I understand it, this option should avoid player numbers in these spots.

[DanielMuzMurray]

@Estigy

As I understand it, this option should avoid player numbers in these spots.

Agreed.

[charles_piano]

By the way, it’s the same in Dorico 5 — I’ve just tried. And I see that this topic has been discussed several times:

Show rests and omit labels

Hi all, the subject says it – this is my result: [image] What setting do I have to change to make the score follow the option I have already set in the notation options? Is there some additional menu?

Some Player Label Issues

1. I selected the option in Notation Options → Condensing → Inactive Players that says ‘Show rests and omit labels’(!), but in fact there are still player labels in situations like this: [image] I don’t think this is intended behaviour and it may probably be a bug. I have to select all player labels like this one by one and manually hide them, which brings me to— 2. The ‘Select More’ operation (and the Ctrl+Shift+A shortcut) for player labels don’t work. I have to click on every one of the…