musescore / musescore/MuseScore
add a "always show staff with this measure" symbol
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Description
Your idea
Add a symbol in the layout palette that you can aply to a specific measure (similar to the other symbols in that palette). This symbol will prevent that measure (and the staff it's part of) to hide in this specific system when the "hide empty staves" option is activated.
Problem to be solved
There is currently no not-janky way to make sure that a specific staff in a specific system doesn't get hidden when the "hide empty staves" option is active.
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Research direction
No files or tests are named in the issue. Start by locating the layout palette symbols and the code implementing “hide empty staves”; trace how a measure-level symbol could preserve its staff in one system. Done means the new symbol is available in the palette and prevents the selected measure and its staff from hiding when the option is active.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- design, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100