Hiding/Showing system dividers

You can change the circumstances in which system dividers are shown, including specifying the minimum number of players required to show them, in each layout independently. For example, if you only want to show system dividers between systems that contain different numbers of 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 system dividers.

    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, clicking and dragging across multiple layouts, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. In the category list, click Staves and Systems.
  4. In the System Dividers section, activate/deactivate Show system dividers.
  5. If you activated Show system dividers, choose one of the following options:
    • To show system dividers only between systems containing more than a set number of staves, choose When min. staves exceeded.

    • To show system dividers between all systems in flows that contain more than a set number of players, choose When min. players exceeded.

    • To show system dividers only between systems containing different numbers of staves, When number of staves differs.

  6. Optional: Do one of the following:
    • If you chose When min. staves exceeded, change the value for Minimum number of staves in system.

    • If you chose When min. players exceeded, change the value for Minimum number of players.

  7. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

  • If you deactivated Show system dividers, system dividers are hidden in the selected layouts.

  • If you activated Show system dividers, system dividers are shown in the corresponding circumstances in the selected layouts.