The staff group object | MNX specification

# The staff group object

Type: Dictionary

The staff group object is a way to group staff layouts together, for the purposes of giving them a unified name and/or grouping symbol. You can also nest staff group objects within another, to represent more complex groupings of staves, as in large orchestral scores.

## Attributes

Name | Type | Required? | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
barlineStyle | staff group barline style | No | How barlines within this staff group are connected. If not specified, the default value is "instrument", meaning all staves corresponding to the same MNX part use connected barlines.
content | An array of staff group objects, staff objects | Yes |
label | staff label | No | An optional name for this group of staves. If provided, this should be rendered to the left of the staff group.
symbol | staff symbol | No | The symbol to use along the left vertical edge of this group of staves. If omitted, the default value is "none". Note that the child objects might also define their own own "symbol" attributes.
type | The string `"group"` | Yes |

Plus globally available attributes: _c, _x, id

## Parent objects

This object is used by the following parent objects:

- system layout: "content"

## Examples

This object is used in the following examples:

Multiple layouts, Orchestral layout, Organ layout, System layouts