IWBNI there were an option to have hidden objects displayed using specified colors.

This could be implemented by adding a button called Hidden Objects to the Select Display Colors dialog box. This button would display a new dialog box called Select Hidden Object Colors that could contain the following controls:

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Select Hidden Object Colors Dialog Box
 
 

Hidden Object Type	Color
Accidentals
Barlines
Chords	none
Clefs	none
Endings and Text Repeats	none
Expressions	none
Fretboards	none
Group Names	none
Key Signatures	none
Layer 1	none
Layer 2	none
Layer 3	none
Layer 4	none
Ledger Lines	none
Measure-attached Expressions	none
Measure Numbers	none
Notes
Repeat Bars	none
Rests
Staff Lines	none
Staff Names	none
Staves	none
Time Signatures	none

 

Objects Hidden in Printed Score (i.e. those for which Display On Screen Only (Do Not Print) is selected)	Color
Articulations	none
Expressions	none
Text Blocks

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Created: February 27, 2000 (based on a submission from Dennis Bathory-Kitsz)
Last Updated: February 27, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b