'Minimum distance' property for rests #30868
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This feature adds a purpose to the 'minimum distance' property for rests, controlling their vertical avoidance distance to chords or other rests. The distance is added onto the existing pre-calculated offset:

Here's an example with a large minimum distance of 2sp. The 'align with other rests' property has also offset the remaining rests in this example:
Crucially, this option allows for negative minimum distances, meaning it's possible to fix rests to a given line using a low minimum distance as well as the 'offset' property. This could improve MusicXML import as seen in #24971.