Tick barline properties panel

I read that tick barline properties panel in engrave mode should let you change the length of it. Nothing comes up in the properties panel when I have the barline selected. Am I missing something?

It’s in Engrave options, barline settings section. (I was thinking about dashed barlines. See the response from benwiggy).

It has to be a “manual” tick.

E.g., if you just change the default barline style in Notation Options to Tick, then you won’t see it.

You have to add a manual Tick barline, and then you’ll see the Properties in the lower panel.

Once you’ve changed a manual one, all the rest will follow in the same style.

I observed that the properties panel shows different things for the final barline.

(I’m making theory assignments and just need one flow to end with no barline.)

You set the desired final barline for a specific flow in Notation Options (and you set the Tick barlines with custom length in the properties panel, as suggested):


Thank you! I forgot that notation options can be set for specific flows, but not layout options.