Hiding/Showing used chord diagrams grids - Dorico Elements

You can hide/show grids that contain all chord diagrams used in each flow in each layout independently. By default, used chord diagrams grids display standard guitar tuning chord diagrams, but you can change this to show chord diagrams for any fretted instrument or tuning.

Prerequisite

You have removed page template overrides from all pages on which you want to show used chord diagrams grids.
If you want to show chord diagrams using a custom fretted instrument tuning, you have imported the tuning or changed the tuning of a fretted instrument in the project accordingly.
We recommend that you have input chord symbols and changed the shape of any chord symbols you want to appear with a specific voicing.

Note
It is customary not to show chord diagrams alongside chord symbols when showing a used chord diagrams grid, and you cannot change the chord diagram shape when chord diagrams are hidden.

Procedure

Press Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-L to open Layout Options.
In the Layouts list, select the layouts in which you want to hide/show used chord diagrams grids at the start of flows.

By default, the layout currently open in the music area is selected when you open the dialog. You can select other layouts by using the selection options in the action bar, clicking and dragging across multiple layouts, Shift-clicking adjacent layouts, and Ctrl/Cmd-clicking individual layouts.
In the category list, click Chord Symbols and Diagrams.
In the Chord Diagrams section, activate/deactivate Show chord diagrams used at start of flow.
Optional: Change the settings for used chord diagrams grids as required.

For example, you can change the fretted instrument tuning for chord diagrams in the grid, their scale size, and the distance between chord diagrams and/or rows of chord diagrams.
Click Apply, then Close.

Result

Chord diagrams for all chord symbols used in the flow are shown in a grid above the start of each flow in the selected layouts, and are positioned according to the settings for the selected layouts. If flow headings are shown, the used chord diagrams grid appears below them.

Note

Even if no chord symbols exist in a flow, vertical space for the used chord diagrams grid is added at the start of the flow.

After Completing This Task

You can change the margins of pages, music frames, and/or flow headings if required to accommodate used chord diagrams grids.

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