musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Dynamic line text does not mask barline on added staves

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Since Sep 5, 2026.

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Description

Issue type

Engraving bug (incorrect score rendering)

Description with steps to reproduce
  1. Add 2 extra staves to an instrument such as clarinet
  2. Add a "cresc..." line to each stave, and position them so the text crosses a barline

Expected: a bit of each barline is hidden where the text crosses in each stave

Actual: this does not happen for the bottom stave

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In which versions of MuseScore Studio is this issue present?

OS: macOS Sequoia (15.7.7), Arch.: arm64, MuseScore Studio version (64-bit): 4.7.4-260706075, revision: github-musescore-musescore-7688c00

Regression

I was unable to check

Operating system

macOS

Additional context

A user on Discord experienced a very similar issue with a line text feature not breaking barlines between the first and second stave in a 3-stave piano part, which implies that my repro case is too narrow.

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