musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Request for a new type of Barline: The Invisible Barline

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Description

How could this be useful?

  1. It makes it simple to hide a barline across the entire system!
    (Currently you have to select all separate bits of the barline and press "v".)

  2. MuseScore will eventually need a Macro
    to split a system in the middle of a bar, like you have in Sibelius:

Unbenannt

Since MuseScore does this via splitting bars,
an invisible barline could be very useful to simplify this process.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by examining how MuseScore represents barlines and how the current workflow hides separate barline segments with “v”. Done requires an agreed design for an invisible barline that supports system-wide hiding and the proposed split-bar workflow.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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