Hiding/Showing secondary brackets

You can hide/show secondary brackets for adjacent identical instruments in bracketed groups in each layout independently.

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 secondary brackets.

    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 Brackets and Braces in the page list.
  4. Choose one of the following options for Instruments of the same kind within a bracketed group:
    • Use secondary brackets

    • No secondary brackets

  5. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Secondary brackets are shown in the selected layouts when you choose Use secondary brackets, and hidden when you choose No secondary brackets.

Tip

You can show sub-brackets from selected rhythmic positions onwards using custom bracket/brace groups, including in layouts where they are hidden by default.