Layering with custom line shapes

Dorico
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Good afternoon, everyone.

I have a piece that includes aleatoric boxes. These are not native to Dorico 3.5, and I’ve used a workaround like the one found here: Aleatoric Boxes in Dorico 3.5 - YouTube
Effectively, I create a custom line from the top with caps hanging down and another from the bottom with caps going upward.

As you can see in the picture, I also have a custom line with “Repeat Ad Lib” inside. I have edited this line so as to remove the 3rd staff line behind the text. I would like it to also cover the caps that create the aleatoric box.

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When I have the “Repeat ad lib” figure selected, it appears to be covering the box, as I would like it to be. Here is an example

Dorico Layering Lines 2
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It might be that I’m looking for the tool google slides calls “Bring to front”.

Thanks
Greg

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I’m afraid Dorico doesn’t provide any tools that would allow you to change the Z-order and bring that line to the front. I can’t think of anything more ingenious than suggesting that you create another pair of line definitions that have shorter right-hand hooks, which will give the appearance of the “Repeat ad lib” line having an erased background.

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So it goes. Thank you, Daniel!