Re: Order of contexts over staves

[Trevor Daniels]

Phil Holmes wrote Sunday, January 18, 2015 8:29 PM


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden>
> To: <address@hidden>
> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 3:11 PM
> Subject: Order of contexts over staves
> 
> 
>> I'm setting some music with temporary staves, and ensuring the the
>> temporary staff is above the main staff using
>>
>> \new Staff \with { alignAboveContext = #"label"}
>>
>> I'm also using a dynamics context, which is created with
>>
>> \new Dynamics  \with { alignAboveContext = "label" }
>>
>> The problem is that the dynamics appear above the ossia stave, rather than
>> the main one.  Is there any way to change the order they appear on, on the
>> page?
>>
>> Thanks.
> 
> Trevor has requested an example to help look into this.  This is fairly 
> minimal:
 
[snip minimal example]

> The attached image shows the proble of the dynamic being over the ossia, 
> rather than the permanent stave.

Thanks Phil,

It really is so much more tempting to investigate the question when there is 
a ready-made minimal example to get one started ;)  Three replies already!

Well, in the end Keith beat me to it, with both the explanation and the way to
fix the issue.

Trevor