Hiding/Showing secondary brackets

You can hide/show secondary brackets for adjacent identical instruments in bracketed groups in each layout independently. You can also choose only to show secondary brackets when sub-bracketed groups contain at least two 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 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, clicking and dragging across multiple layouts, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.

  3. In the category list, click Brackets and Braces.
  4. Choose one of the following options for Instruments of the same kind within a bracketed group:

    • Use secondary brackets

    • No secondary brackets

  5. Choose one of the following options for When only one staff of sub-bracketed group is shown:

    • Draw sub-bracket

    • Do not draw sub-bracket

  6. Choose one of the following options for When only one staff of section player with divisi is shown:

    • Draw sub-bracket

    • Do not draw sub-bracket

  7. Choose one of the following options for When sub-bracket matches primary bracket:

    • Draw sub-bracket

    • Do not draw sub-bracket

  8. Choose one of the following options for Sub-brackets for adjacent violin players:

    • To show a single sub-bracket across all violin staves, choose Single.

    • To show a separate sub-bracket for each violin player, choose Separate.

    • To show a single sub-bracket when each violin player uses a single staff, but show a separate sub-bracket for each violin player when at least one player uses multiple staves, such as in a divisi section, choose Separate for multiple staves.

  9. 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.

If you chose Use secondary brackets and Do not draw sub-bracket, secondary brackets are only shown when sub-bracketed groups contain at least two staves.

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.