Bar numbers above ossia staff... how?

Dorico
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I’m getting into the finer points of formatting the score and have come across a small issue with the placement of bar numbers.

Is it possible to position bar numbers above an ossia staff? I can’t see a property option that controls this.

In this particular case, the way the bar number interacts with the continuation bar line between the staves isn’t especially helpful, and placing the bar number above the ossia staff would produce a much cleaner result.

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If you choose “Outside Ossia” in Layout Options > Staves & Systems for Position of system-attached items…, the bar number will show up above the ossia.

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Otherwise, to avoid the bar number conflicting with the systemic barline, you can add an indentation in Paragraph Styles:

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Brilliant - huge thanks, Charles :wink:

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Curiously, if I select the option you suggest I get the following result - two bar numbers, with the original left place and another added above the ossia…

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Hmm… it rings a bell. Maybe try to close/re-open the project.

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Problem solved… there must be a little redraw issue (on macOS at least)… but all’s well that ends well… thank you once again for your help - very much appreciated. Roy