Show long instrument name when hide empty staves is selected
Is it possible to make a staff show its long name when it first appears in the score rather than only in the first system?
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I believe it would show if you enter a section break right before it
This would have other side effects though
What is normal on scores I've seen is to have the long name listed on the first page where empty staves are not hidden, then short names on all other pages. Putting the long name for one instrument on a later page would look weird with Xylophone spelled out and the others say things like Pno, Fl. 1, Vla...
You can work around this limitation however. You can make a short instrument name invisible by selecting it and pressing V. Then use staff text on the first measure moved to the proper spot. A possible problem would be that the text will be too long to fit in the space used by short names. In this case you will have to adjust the font size.