Hiding/Showing divisi staff labels

You can hide/show section staff labels before the initial barline on each system in each layout independently, for example, you can show divisi section names in staff labels in part layouts but hide them in full score layouts. This is independent your per-layout settings for showing staff labels on non-divisi staves.

Procedure

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
  2. In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show divisi staff labels.

    By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. Click Staves and Systems in the page list.
  4. In the Staff Labels section, activate/deactivate the following options:

    • Show section names on first system

    • Show section names on subsequent systems

  5. Optional: Change the length of staff labels using the following options:

    • Staff labels on first system

    • Staff labels on subsequent systems

    Note

    These options affect the length of instrument and divisi group names on all staves in the selected layouts, not just divisi staves.

  6. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Section names are shown before the initial barline in the first system of each divisi passage when Show section names on first system is activated, and hidden when it is deactivated.

Section names are shown before the initial barlines on all subsequent systems in divisi passages when Show section names on subsequent systems is activated, and hidden when it is deactivated.

Note

This is independent of either the group name or the instrument name when it is justified between multiple identical instruments.

Example

Figure: Viola divisi staves with section names shown in addition to abbreviated staff labels

Figure: Viola divisi section names shown but staff labels not shown