Re: Globally Increase Padding Between Text and Box?

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On Fri, Jul 31, 2026 at 9:53=E2=80=AFAM Lukas-Fabian Moser <[email protected]> wro=
te:

> Hi Brin,
>
> > \markup { \box "some text" }
> >
> > Looking at it as it renders in 2.26.0, the box is a little close to
> > the text for my taste. In the markup appendix of the notation manual
> > (
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/text-markup-command=
s),
>
> > I can see that inside a \markup block, it's possible to override
> > box-padding to adjust this property. My question: Is there a way to do
> > this globally for the entire score at once? There are dozens of these
> > boxed items in the score I'm working on, and it would be a real pain
> > to go in and adjust each one individually.
>
> You can do:
>
> \paper {
>    property-defaults.box-padding =3D 2
> }
>
> I'm not really sure whether this is documented clearly enough.
>
> Lukas
>
>
Ah thanks, that works perfectly! I never would have thought to try that in
a million years.

Thanks,
brin

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote g=
mail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 31,=
 2026 at 9:53=E2=80=AFAM Lukas-Fabian Moser &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
e">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex">Hi Brin,<br>
<br>
&gt; \markup { \box &quot;some text&quot; }<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Looking at it as it renders in 2.26.0, the box is a little close to <b=
r>
&gt; the text for my taste. In the markup appendix of the notation manual <=
br>
&gt; (<a href=3D"https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/text=
-markup-commands" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lilypond.org=
/doc/v2.26/Documentation/notation/text-markup-commands</a>), <br>
&gt; I can see that inside a \markup block, it&#39;s possible to override <=
br>
&gt; box-padding to adjust this property. My question: Is there a way to do=
 <br>
&gt; this globally for the entire score at once? There are dozens of these =
<br>
&gt; boxed items in the score I&#39;m working on, and it would be a real pa=
in <br>
&gt; to go in and adjust each one individually.<br>
<br>
You can do:<br>
<br>
\paper {<br>
=C2=A0=C2=A0 property-defaults.box-padding =3D 2<br>
}<br>
<br>
I&#39;m not really sure whether this is documented clearly enough.<br>
<br>
Lukas<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Ah thanks, that works perfectly! I n=
ever would have thought to try that in a million years.=C2=A0</div><div><br=
></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>brin</div><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_=
prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">And she fo=
rgot the stars, the moon, and sun,<br>And she forgot the blue above the tre=
es,<br>And she forgot the dells where waters run,<br>And she forgot the chi=
lly autumn breeze...<br><div><br></div><div>=E2=80=94 Keats, &quot;Isabella=
, or the Pot of Basil&quot;</div></div></div>

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