How To Interrogate Sheet Music Without HTML Container

Gratitude

Hey all! Thank you so much for this library! I cannot express how amazing it is!

Situation

I’m in a situation where I need to know information about the music xml file provided, and I don’t necessarily need to render it.

The data I’m looking to extract is information like

• Sheet Music Title
• Sheet Music Measures
• etc.

Previous Attempts

I tried to make 2 components that both used Open Sheet Music Display but that didn’t work because only one instance can be used on the page.

I tried to rely on pulling information from the original instance, but I can’t because sometimes the component that it’s being used in does not get rendered, which means the logic for using it will never execute.

Request For Guidance

So I have to ask. How can I interrogate the sheet music xml file for the information I need that doesn’t involve creating an OSMD object?

Is it something like the load function but external? https://github.com/opensheetmusicdisplay/opensheetmusicdisplay/blob/develop/src/OpenSheetMusicDisplay/OpenSheetMusicDisplay.ts#L89

If so can you provide a code snippet or guidance on how to achieve this?

[loganknecht]

The alternative solution was to style as

{
    height: "0px",
    overflow-x: "hidden"
}

[loganknecht]

Well. @sschmidTU I feel sillier in my solution now.

Thanks for the example. I can confirm it worked, just as amazingly as you suggested.

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Thank you for continuing to be such a pleasure to interact with, and hopefully others will find this issue if they have the same question!