Playing technique not showing with slash region?

Dorico
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Did something change with the latest update? I used to be able to have a slash region, then add playing technique, but now when I add a playing technique it doesn’t show. The only way for it to show is to “show other voices.” This causes all sorts of problems now, especially if I have notation under the slashes for playback.

and yes, I know I can end the voice immediately, but then that causes the following bars to not show rests.

Did something change?

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I’m fairly sure this did change in Dorico 4, if you check the version history you should find it.

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Thanks, Lillie!

I’m curious as to why it was changed. The workflow seems a bit more tedious.

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My understanding/memory is that a number of users expressed a preference for the auto-hiding functionality of slash regions to include playing techniques.

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Well, that’s a drag. Thanks for the info :slight_smile:

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I understand that may be useful in some cases, but showing the playing techniques is also useful in other cases. Is it possible to add this as an option so users can pick whichever method works best for their case?

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I don’t know whether it’s helpful in your case, Alexander, but if you activate the Show other voices property, playing techniques will appear as before (though of course along with any other material in other voices that would otherwise be hidden by the slash region).

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I’m just putting a coda on what SmithAlexander has said; if Dorico can add a switch to choose if slash regions hide playing techniques, that would be so awesome. Thank you

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Especially considering when working with contents that require notes playback in slash regions while still wanting playing techniques to be shown

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Welcome to the forum, @elijahlimusic. I guess ultimately for total flexibility we need both an option for this in Engraving Options, and a property so you can override it for an individual slash region. It’s on our backlog for the future.

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Hi everybody, I need it too. Please add this feature. Thanks

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Please add this feature back! Thanks!

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@marcocataldi and @egoruk,

FYI: when Daniel Spreadbury writes something like:

…you can be assured that it’s been noted. Adding additional “votes” doesn’t change anything. See his comments here:

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So then if there is no design solution for this issue, how can I best work around the slash measures showing rests? Ending a voice sometimes helps, but not always, as in some cases this option seems to be disabled.

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Welcome to the forum, @sz45. You should pretty much always be able to force a rest to disappear by selecting it and choosing Edit > Remove Rest. If you have a case where that doesn’t work, please attach the project here so we can take a look.