No, if the horizontal spacing system decides, that the measures can't fit into one system, it splits the system - just like it does without the layout symbol being applied. This could only work if the horizontal spacing would somehow be bypassed, wouldn't it?
It hints that the bars before and after the barline on which this is applied should be kept together by the automatic layouting system if possible within their current minimal sizes and style settings.
If those bars don't fit together already without any explicit breaks, then "keep together" won't be able to pull them together as well.
But if you have currently 6 bars on a system and apply "keep together" to bind bars 5 and 6, then upon increasing the width in that system you'll notice it goes straight to just 4 bars and moving 5 and 6 together to the next system instead of just moving bar 6.
To my knowledge it is just a hint and indeed does not influence anything else expect "if bar N can't fit onto this system anymore, move bar M with it as well".
This element started as part of the implementation for multimeasure repeats, where you don't want the 2 or 4 measures that combined make up the one multirepeat don't get scattered across a(n automated) system break.
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It should keep the 2 measures left and right of it in one system.
As per your image that doesn't seem to be the case though
In reply to It should keep the 2… by Jojo-Schmitz
No, if the horizontal spacing system decides, that the measures can't fit into one system, it splits the system - just like it does without the layout symbol being applied. This could only work if the horizontal spacing would somehow be bypassed, wouldn't it?
It hints that the bars before and after the barline on which this is applied should be kept together by the automatic layouting system if possible within their current minimal sizes and style settings.
If those bars don't fit together already without any explicit breaks, then "keep together" won't be able to pull them together as well.
But if you have currently 6 bars on a system and apply "keep together" to bind bars 5 and 6, then upon increasing the width in that system you'll notice it goes straight to just 4 bars and moving 5 and 6 together to the next system instead of just moving bar 6.
In reply to It hints that the bars… by jeetee
So does that mean: It's just a symbol without any impact or will it reduce settings like stretch?
In reply to So does that mean: It's just… by oMrSmith
To my knowledge it is just a hint and indeed does not influence anything else expect "if bar N can't fit onto this system anymore, move bar M with it as well".
This element started as part of the implementation for multimeasure repeats, where you don't want the 2 or 4 measures that combined make up the one multirepeat don't get scattered across a(n automated) system break.
It is not a "make this fit" type of element.
In reply to To my knowledge it is just a… by jeetee
Ok thanks for your advise!