Barlines
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A full range of common barlines is contained in the Barlines palette.
Select one or more barlines in a staff ;
Click on the desired barline in the palette.
Alternatively, you can drag a barline from the palette onto a barline in the score.
Changes are applied automatically to all barlines at the same point in the score.
Select one or more barlines in the score;
Hold Ctrl then click on the desired barline in the palette.
Alternatively, you can hold Ctrl and drag a barline from the palette onto a barline in the score.
Only barlines in the one staff are affected.
Select one or more notes.
Click on a barline in the palette.
This will add a "barline" in front of each selected note. The barline is for visual purposes and does not factor into any measure operations.
If you wish to divide a measure, inserting a real barline in the process, see Splitting a measure.
Here we are concerned with the vertical extension of barlines in order to link staves together, or their reduction to create partial barlines.
Select a barline on the "start" staff;
Use either of the following:
Drag the end handle downwards until it meets the destination staff. This method is the best for extending barlines through multiple staves.
Select the edit handle and press ↓.
Check the "Span to next staff" in the Barlines section of the Properties panel, then click Set as staff default
Repeat if required for subsequent staves.
The barline snaps into place, and all other barlines in that staff follow.
Select one or more barlines (and their counterparts in the staves below if there are more than two staffs to join).
Check Span to next staff in the Barlines section of the Properties panel.
Partial barlines can be easily created by adjusting Span from and Span to in the Barlines section of the Properties panel.
See Working with Mensurstrich.
You can edit properties specific to barlines in the Barlines section of the Properties panel:
Style: Used to change selected barlines to one in the dropdown list. Span to next staff: Check this to make selected barlines extend to the staff beneath. Span from/to: used to set the vertical start and end points of one or more selected barlines. Set as staff default: Applies the changes made in Span to next staff and Span from/to to all barlines in the staff. Span presets: Applies the selected preset to one or more selected barlines in the score.
Selected properties for all barlines in the score can be changed in Format -> Style -> Barlines:
Show repeat barline tips: adds 'wings' above and below repeat barlines
Barline at start of single staff: whether a system containing only one staff should have an initial system barline
Barline at start of multiple staves: whether a system containing more than one stave should have an initial system barline
Scale barlines to staff size: whether the thickness of barlines should be scaled on resized staves
Mask barlines when intersecting text: whether barlines should be masked when text crosses over them
Thin barline thickness: the thickness of a 'normal' thin barline
Thick barline thickness: the thickness of a thick barline (for example, the thick portion of a repeat barline or final barline)
Thick barline distance: the distance between the thick and thin portions of a repeat or final barline
Double barline thickness: the thickness of the lines in a double barline
Double barline distance: the distance between the two lines in a double barline
Repeat barline to dots distance: the distance between the innermost line of a repeat barline and its dots
The thickness and distance settings are among those which may change automatically when changing a score's music font, if Style -> Automatically load style settings based on font is checked (which it is by default).
Fixed Measure Widths for a workaround to ensure barlines are aligned vertically between systems.
