Changing the vertical stacking order of octave lines

You can change the placement of individual octave lines relative to other objects in the vertical stack by changing their tucking index value. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only, or for all layouts and frame chains.

According to general convention, octave lines are placed outside all other objects, but there are some instances where they can go inside other objects; for example, inside a slur if that slur is longer than the octave line.

Prerequisite

• The lower zone is shown.

• Properties is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

• Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

• You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

1. In Engrave mode, select the octave lines whose placement in the vertical stack you want to change.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Tucking index in the Octave Lines group.
3. Change the value in the value field.

   0 positions items closest to notes. The higher the number, the further the item is positioned from notes in the stacking order.

Result

The placement of the selected octave lines in the vertical stacking order is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.