musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Introduce option to hide bar rests on shared staves

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Introduce option to Hide bar rests on shared staves, with a sub-option to Only hide bar rests in lower voices.

Of course, at least one rest must always be drawn if both voices are empty for a bar.

Appropriate on-staff instrument labels will be needed for clarification.

Problem to be solved
  • Stave sharing OFF
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  • Stave sharing ON
  • Hide bar rests on shared staves Checked
    • Only hide bar rests in lower voices Checked
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  • Stave sharing ON
  • Hide bar rests on shared staves Checked
    • Only hide bar rests in lower voices Unchecked
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  • Stave sharing ON
  • Hide bar rests on shared staves Unchecked
    • Only hide bar rests in lower voices Disabled
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