Questions relating to the dynamic family of functions in Mathematica, such as Dynamic, DynamicModule and Manipulate.
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Why animator smoothes dynamic updates, or how to make pacman drink beer
How could I make a pacman drink beer in Mathematica?
This is what I have so far
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Dialog inside Dynamic Module
The following doesn't appear to work:
DynamicModule[{}, Button["Press Me", ChoiceDialog["OK or Cancel?"]]]
When I press the button labelled "Press Me", a dialog ...
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Localizing variables within a Manipulate
I have a notebook with several examples of very similar computations, each involving the same variable/parameter names of the ingredients used in a final ...
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Progress indicator with shared variables
I'm trying to create a custom progress indicator for a parallelized computation, using Dynamic and SetSharedVariables to display ...
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How to extract the numerical value of a dynamical variable
I want to inspect interactively an image by selecting points by the mouse pointer. This is easily done by LocatorPane - here is a simplified example:
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How can I create a custom control which evaluates to a list of values or replacements?
I have a set of variables which are used in various places in my calculations (solving a system, initial conditions, etc.). In order to make this easier to deal with, I want to make a control-like ...
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Cannot calculate with Dynamic variables in a grid
This is a prototype of a grading scheme. In reality it is bigger. The 10 pts in initPtsPartA comes from the school.
The output cell should be deployed as a CDF ...
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Mathematica Typing Effect
Here is a Typing Effect in javascript.
I could only implement a very simple one:
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Locators in Manipulate not moving properly
I thought a simple Mathematica kerning machine (for adjusting the space between characters) would be interesting, but I'm having trouble with the locators. (There are a number of other questions ...
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Dependent Manipulate sliders
I would like to use dependent sliders in Manipulate.
First slider K0 should be independent and varied from ...
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Updating a tracked symbol inside Refresh?
I have some code inside a Manipulate, whose goal is to allow the user to edit the upper half of the matrix while keeping it symmetric at all time. The minimal code ...
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Having Dynamic evaluated when off screen
As the title says, I want a cell containing the dynamic solution of a DAE-System to be available over the whole document. I use a lot of different Plots and Sliders scattered over the document and it ...
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Manipulating PlotRange
Currently, I am working with some dynamic simulations of mechanical/electrical systems (in this case a kitchen scale). The main simulation is running smoothly but while building a nice GUI around the ...
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What is the point of Refresh if Dynamic has an UpdateInterval option?
I haven't found an example where I can't get rid of Refresh[]:
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How to display only a certain part of the content in a Panel?
I have a Panel of size {850, 400} as myPanel with a Pane of size {450, 400} and four images ...
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Using more than one set of Locators in a Manipulate
I need to add locators dynamically to different sets.
With one set this works OK:
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How can I allow a user to input a list using parentheses and convert this to Mathematica notation dynamically?
I have the following dynamic module. It works. The problem is that whenever I try to make the variable list or the variable s dynamic the code doesn't work.
My goal is to allow students to enter a ...
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Prevent PopupWindow from opening multiple windows
PopupWindow objects can be clicked multiple times, opening multiple popup windows for the same object. How can I prevent this?
A bit more detail: I have an ...
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How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Generating a table of contents
How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? The TOC should contain the titles for the section, subsection, ...
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A good way to manage code in a complicated CDF?
When doing complicated programming in a Mma notebook I define several functions that I use in my higher level funtions, and I use a "Subsection" cell for each definition. For example I might write:
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A command for outputting a list of parameter values in a Manipulate interface
I am looking for a command that will output a list of values that correspond to the current parameter values manually set on a particular Manipulate interface.
For ...
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Emulating a button push or a mouse click with Mathematica code
I need to perform a long action with a button. I tried setting the DynamicEvaluationTimeout, but it seems it doesn't work for me. So I want to try using several ...
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Defining a function that handles Dynamic arguments similar to Built-ins
Firstly please note that I'm using simply Dynamic behavior to illustrate my question, I'm not asking how to move a Disk or make ...
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Enabled option for slider in Manipulate not updating dynamically
In a Manipulate expression I have a slider control which has the Enabled option
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Wrapping EventHandler by Table
I am making a grid on the screen. The grid is composed of different expressions. I want all of them to have a Gray background, which turns into a ...
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“Masking” an InputField
In building an assignment for my class, I would like set up an InputField, where they will enter a function. I was wondering if there was a way to "continuously" check if their function is being ...
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How to set the timeout of the preemptive link?
I apologize if this is a RTFM question, but I couldn't find this in the docs.
How can I set the timeout of the preemptive link?
For example:
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How can I have interruptible computations inside a manipulate?
Here's a perfect example of my problem:
Manipulate[Pause[n], {n, {1, 10}, ContinuousAction -> False}, SynchronousUpdating -> False]
It is illustrated by ...
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How can I create CDF applications which adjust their screen dimensions based on the end-user's display configuration?
I am trying to make a CDF application that takes the user's system information (screen information) and adjusts the size of the application to give a seamless experience over different screens with ...
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Defining a user defined function in DynamicModule
How can I define a user defined function within DynamicModule? For example, if
h[x_] := x^2
I want to find ...
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How to get the associated popup menu?
I have threePopupMenu and they work in such a way that second PopupMenu value depends on the value selected by the first ...
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How to change the values dynamically in a grid
I am trying to write a function which creates a Grid which has no value in the starting and when some value is passed to it, it should show that value in that ...
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How draw dynamic empty rectangle over a bitmap?
I am trying to make a cookie cutter that will extract a small square from a much larger bitmap with a click of the mouse. The LocatorPane appears to be a useful way ...
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Transform sequential cell operations to programmatic workflow
Let's say I have a workflow that involves importing images and turning them into an animated gif.
Here's how I currently have it setup:
Import Images:
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How to convert String to an Expression inside Manipulate which depends on control variable
Normally, in Global context, these 2 are equivalent
eqn = "r-x";
r = -2;
Plot[ToExpression[eqn], {x, -5, 5}]
and
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Control variable and body variable decoupling in Manipulate
This issue was raised as an offside problem in this thread. Consider the following example, that does not work as expected:
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Dynamically choosing which Manipulate controls to use
I have some stuff I would like to manipulate, using two different kinds of control, one at a time, using another variable as a switch. These controls are similar in principle to
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Prevent interdependence of controls
My question is probably best illustrated with this small sample code:
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How to get dynamic results of the values in three InputFields
I have three InputField-s which have no initial value. I would like all InputFields to have a value in descending order and for ...
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How to get state of checkbox?
Please explain how to get state of checkbox for its usage in further calculations. And I want to keep the selection from session to session without external savings.
Thanks in advance
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Is it possible to replicate the “magic” of OptionPatterns[] with DynamicModule's local variables?
Creating richer interactive interfaces that are generated by a DynamicModule invariably requires more complex data structures and in particular, a larger argument ...
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`Trigger` autorunning when not supposed to
Recently I was trying to make something where one could vary the parameters and press play to see how the animation changed. However, when I tried running the code it would just start automatically. ...
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How are parameters evaluated for a Plot in Manipulate
I am trying to get my head around how Manipulate evaluates functions in a Plot. I have read the introduction to Manipulate, and introduction to Dynamic, but I still ...
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Retain values between sessions
This is a real newbie question, so apologies in advance for may seem a very dumb question ... I'm trying to understand the various ways in which information can be retained in a notebook between ...
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How can I change InputField value dynamically
I am storing the values from xlData to the result in a Grid form. I want when I change any of the value in any of the ...
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How to create Locator[] hierarchies?
I'd like to 'parent' Locators to one another, ideally organized in any arbitrary tree.
The simplest case: If I have two Locators, A and B, then moving A will move both together, but moving B will ...
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Dynamic[] and Print[] [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Intermediate display similar to PrintTemporary
Estimating progress on plots
How to create a progress bar?
How to determine how much of a table is generated?
I'm ...
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Slow Dynamic Button Does Not Print [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do buttons with ChoiceDialog freeze the front end?
Why is SystemDialogInput failing to return a save file path?
Evaluation inside Button stops after some seconds
I ...
