Aligning and centering instrument names - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 15:22, 12 December 2025

2025-12-12T15:22:44Z

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	The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>~~Staff.InstrumentName.~~self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.		The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>self-alignment-X</code> property of the <code>InstrumentName</code> grob (usually in the <code>Staff</code> context). The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
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	}		}

	\~~score~~ {		\new StaffGroup <<
	\~~new StaffGroup <<~~		\new Staff \with {
			\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
			instrumentName = \markup \left-column { "Left aligned"
			"instrument name" }
			shortInstrumentName = "Left"
			} {
			c''1 \break c''1
			}

	\new Staff \with {		\new Staff \with {
	\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #~~LEFT~~		\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
	instrumentName = \markup \~~left~~-column {		instrumentName = \markup \center-column { Centered
	~~"Left aligned"~~		"instrument name" }
	"instrument name"		shortInstrumentName = "Centered"
	}		} {
	shortInstrumentName = "~~Left~~"		g'1 g'1
	}		}

	~~{ c''1 \break c''1 }~~		\new Staff \with {
			\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
	\new Staff \with {		instrumentName = \markup \right-column { "Right aligned"
	\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #~~CENTER~~		"instrument name" }
	instrumentName = \markup \~~center~~-column {		shortInstrumentName = "Right"
	~~Centered~~		} {
	"instrument name"		e'1 e'1
	}		}
	shortInstrumentName = "~~Centered~~"		>>
	}

	~~{ g'1 g'1}~~		\layout {
			indent = 4\cm
	\~~new Staff \with {~~		short-indent = 2\cm
	~~\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT~~		line-width = 6.5\cm
	~~instrumentName = \markup \right-column {~~
	~~"Right aligned"~~
	~~"instrument name"~~
	}
	~~shortInstrumentName = "Right"~~
	}

	{ ~~e'1 e'1 }~~

	>>

	~~\layout {~~
	indent = 4\cm
	short-indent = 2\cm
	line-width = 6.5\cm
	}
	}		}
	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

	[[Category:Non-music]]		[[Category:Non-music]]
			[[Category:Paper and layout]]
	[[Category:Text]]		[[Category:Text]]
	~~[[Category:Paper and layout]]~~
	[[Category:Titles]]		[[Category:Titles]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:31:36Z

New category

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	[[Category:Paper and layout]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]]
	[[Category:Titles]]		[[Category:Titles]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:46, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:46:54Z

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	[[Category:Paper and layout]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]]
	[[Category:Titles]]		[[Category:Titles]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]][[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 21:43, 18 November 2025

2025-11-18T21:43:05Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:43, 18 November 2025
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	The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.		The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.

	<lilypond version="2.24" ~~full~~>		<lilypond version="2.24">
	\paper { left-margin = 3\cm ~~tagline = ##f~~ }		\paper {
			left-margin = 3\cm
			}

	\score {		\score {

Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:49:00Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:49, 16 November 2025
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	The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.		The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	\paper { left-margin = 3\cm tagline = ##f }		\paper { left-margin = 3\cm tagline = ##f }

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:39:20Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

The horizontal alignment of instrument names is tweaked by changing the <code>Staff.InstrumentName.self-alignment-X</code> property. The <code>\layout</code> variables <code>indent</code> and <code>short-indent</code> define the space in which the instrument names are aligned before the first and the following systems, respectively.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
\paper { left-margin = 3\cm tagline = ##f }

\score {
\new StaffGroup <<

\new Staff \with {
\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #LEFT
instrumentName = \markup \left-column {
"Left aligned"
"instrument name"
}
shortInstrumentName = "Left"
}

{ c''1 \break c''1 }

\new Staff \with {
\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #CENTER
instrumentName = \markup \center-column {
Centered
"instrument name"
}
shortInstrumentName = "Centered"
}

{ g'1 g'1}

\new Staff \with {
\override InstrumentName.self-alignment-X = #RIGHT
instrumentName = \markup \right-column {
"Right aligned"
"instrument name"
}
shortInstrumentName = "Right"
}

{ e'1 e'1 }

>>

\layout {
indent = 4\cm
short-indent = 2\cm
line-width = 6.5\cm
}
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Non-music]]
[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Paper and layout]]
[[Category:Titles]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]