musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Style option to prevent hairpins from avoiding barlines

Open
#28,784 4 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

engraving
Dominant language
C++
Stars
15.1k
Forks
3.3k
Avg merge
2d 2h
Merged PRs (30d)
91

Description

Your idea

In "Dynamics & hairpins" in the styles dialog, there should be an option that allows hairpins to cross over the barline in order to meet a following dynamic.

Problem to be solved

Although it is generally good engraving practice to have hairpins avoid barlines in scores with multiple staves, this is not necessary in single-staff parts, as there is no barline for the hairpin to avoid. In fact, this practice leaves an unsatisfying empty space between the hairpin and dynamic. (Admittedly, Musescore does account for this with a threshold for excessively large gaps, but this threshold should at least be adjustable to avoid this entirely.) For these reasons, there should be an option to disable this avoidance, and it should also arguably be the default on single-staff scores/parts.

This is an extreme example, but an unpleasant gap between the hairpin and dynamic is clearly visible:
Image

For reference, this is what it would look like if the hairpin ignored the barline:
Image

Prior art

Dorico does this placement correctly, as shown here.

Additional context

No response

Checklist
  • This request follows the guidelines for reporting issues
  • I have verified that this feature request has not been logged before, by searching the issue tracker for similar requests

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start in the Dynamics & hairpins section of the styles dialog and trace the hairpin placement logic that avoids barlines. Add an option controlling that avoidance, including the single-staff case described in the issue. Done means the style setting changes the gap between a hairpin and a following dynamic as illustrated by the two examples.

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
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.