Hide unnecessary rests

Hi folks,

once again a small problem…


How can I hide the rests shown here in orange?
They occur automatically when I place the C and the D to the 2nd voice so that the necks are shown downwards and the 8th notes in the 1st voice are shown as they are in the attached picture.
In principle, the same applies to the bass.

Thanks a lot!
Hartmut

Have you tried Remove Rests in the Edit menu?

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soooooo easy… Thanks a lot! I’ve already started playing around with different voices… and got lost…

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Could you grant @Musicombo with the solution? Your message does not give the answer to your question as clearly as his :wink:

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At least people browsing the forums will know how easy the solution is :joy:

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You might find it helpful to create a custom key command for remove rests. Then you don’t have to point up to the edit menu.

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The solution is: mark the area where there are too many pauses (due to the use of several voices), then select ‘Remove pauses’ in the ‘Edit’ menu and …poof… the pauses are gone :wink:

Yes, but I’m 65 years old and my cache for various keyboard shortcuts under different operating systems and different versions (of the same application, e.g. Firerfox under MacOS versus Firefox under Windows versus Firefox under Linux…) is just under ‘Full’. ) is just under ‘full’ :nerd_face:
But as soon as there’s space again, I’ll take a closer look. I actually made a number of my own shortcuts in Cubase, but I was younger then :innocent:

Not to belabor the point, but you marked your own answer as the solution to this issue. You should click where it says “Solution” under your post, to unmark it, and then click “Solution” under Musicombo’s post, since he provided the solution.

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I agree, the older one gets, the harder it is to remember custom shortcuts (I too am 65).

My approach was to learn where things were in Dorico’s panels and menus before even thinking about shortcuts. Now, after a few years, I still have very few custom shortcuts, as I find the Dorico default shortcuts to be very logical.

However, Remove rests is one that I customised, because I use it a lot. The only others I consider essential are those to change the rhythmic grid, some for beaming - but they all just suit my personal workflow. Doubtless you will find your own.