Barlines and repeat signs

The Bar tab’s F8 B submenu sets the barline at the end of the selected measure — including the repeat signs, which need both ends of a repeated passage set independently.

Setting a barline

Select a measure, open F8 B, then a digit: Regular (1), None (2), Double (3), Final (4), or Repeat End (5). Reapplying the same style toggles it back off to Regular — there’s no separate “clear” command.

Repeat pairs need both ends

F8 B 0 toggles a begin-repeat flag on the measure that starts the repeated passage — this is a left-side marking, separate from the right-side styles above. Set a begin-repeat on the first measure and a repeat-end (F8 B 5) on the last, and QuickStave draws the combined :‖: glyph automatically where they land next to each other.

A barline change applies to every staff and part at once, so barlines stay in sync down the whole system — you never set one staff’s barline independently of the others.

Tips

• Setting or clearing a repeat-end also keeps a volta ending’s closing bracket in sync automatically, if one ends on that measure.