Feature requests - all relating to barlines

[jeffrags]

1. Break or make barlines between staves in any instrument-group or multi-stave instrument

2. Tick-barlines in only one stave in any system. Ability to toggle barlines on and off in any stave in a system and even in individual measures.

3. Invisible barlines as an option - Yes, I can delete barlines to create this effect, but there could be times when having an actual barline, even if visible, could be useful.

[Lillie_Harris]

@jeffrags

Break or make barlines between staves in any instrument-group or multi-stave instrument

You can change defaults in Layout Options > Brackets and Braces and Engraving Options > Barlines.

You can adjust these from selected systems onwards in each layout using custom barline joins in Engrave mode.

Custom staff grouping

@jeffrags

Tick-barlines in only one stave in any system.

There’s an Engraving Option for this on the Barlines page, Design section: “Show ‘Tick (bottom)’ barlines only on bottom staff in system”

@jeffrags

Ability to toggle barlines on and off in any stave in a system and even in individual measures.

You can achieve this effect using independent time signatures (input by closing the popover with Alt/Opt-Return) – that allows you to show different time signatures and barlines on each staff.

@jeffrags

Invisible barlines as an option

This has been requested before. In the meantime, what users have done is used dashed barlines with the dash length set to 0 for this purpose, I think.

[hrnbouma]

@Lillie_Harris

what users have done is used dashed barlines with the dash length set to 0 for this purpose, I think.

Indeed, but obviously this breaks if you happen to also need dashed barlines in the same project.

[jeffrags]

But I want to show tick barlines in only the top stave lol.

[Lillie_Harris]

Ah, well you didn’t specify that in your initial post. You are also very welcome for the other suggestions I described for you.

[Romanos]

This just happened to me this week.