Showing secondary brackets as sub-brackets/braces

Secondary brackets extend beyond brackets, allowing you to mark groups of staves within a bracketed group. You can show secondary brackets as either braces positioned outside the bracket or as sub-brackets 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 change the appearance of 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 Secondary bracket appearance:

    • Brace

    • Sub-bracket

  5. Click Apply, then Close.

Result

The appearance of all secondary brackets in the selected layouts is changed. This includes secondary brackets in custom bracket/brace groups.

Note

Because you cannot show sub-sub-brackets in addition to braces, sub-sub-brackets are not shown in layouts where sub-brackets appear as braces.