Hidden Brackets Shouldn't Impact Spacing
The default behavior in MuseScore has it leaving space for brackets on the left even when the staff they are a part of is hidden. That is, spacing is incorrect on the left side for all visible parts when the single part with a bracket (like a curly bracket on a piano grand staff) is hidden.
Two examples are attached. Example 1 shows the behavior when the part with the bracket is visible. Example 2 shows the spacing/alignment behavior when the bracketed grand staff is hidden. Note that the staves retain a gap on the left side. This results in an apparent misalignment with left-aligned header and footer content that is only justified when the brackets are visible. Example 3 shows the misalignment with footer text.
Comments
Click the brackets and press Del?
In reply to Click the brackets and press… by Shoichi
I could, but then the bracket wouldn't appear in the places in the score where I do want it.
Please share a (sample) score
In reply to Please share a (sample) score by Jojo-Schmitz
Sure!
In the example, the bracketed two-stave organ part appears only on the second page. The first page is meant to replicate a hymnal page without a bracket. The first page allows space for the left bracket even when it is hidden - something that's easiest to see when it's compared with the vertical frame holding the title and the text in the footer.
In reply to Sure! In the example, the… by JEE40511
Confirmed. Might be something to report in the issue tracker
Workaround: add a (square) bracket to the SA/TB (it belongs there anyway)
In reply to Confirmed. Workaround: add a… by Jojo-Schmitz
Okay. Thanks! I'll put it in over on the issue tracker.
In reply to Okay. Thanks! I'll put it in… by JEE40511
Thanks for #317246: Brackets/braces of invisible (empty) staves affect alignment