Hiding otiose instructions

Dorico
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I would like to have a way to hide unnecessary instructions in parts. Here’s an example:

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In the second staff, at Letter 3, this cymbalist should just have to count 26 bars. Instead, he has to count 24+2 bars because of the poco rit. Tempo Text. That clutters up the part. And it makes him think something is coming, when it’s not.
I really wish there was a way to hide these unnecessary System Texts in parts where they are not in use, so that the empty bars would flow together.
I don’t suppose this exists. If it does, maybe someone could say. And if it doesn’t, maybe the Dorico design team will think about it.

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On the contrary. For long passages of rests like these, tempo changes are the most useful landmarks imaginable (it’s much easier to misread any cue than to miss a change in tempo). It would be a great disservice to the player to leave this information out.

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Elaine Gould says “Multiple-rest bars should be divided in the following circumstances: time signature change, tempo change, pauses, and rehearsal marks.” (p.565)

I agree with Alexander that it’s informative for the player, and not ‘unnecessary’ at all.

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OK. Point noted. Thanks.