I would like to create a button that when I click it it evaluates a cell containing a manipulate code. Also, I would like another button that when I click the output of manipulate disappears.
How can I do it ?
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The first button you don't have to create ;-) It's called the "Enter" button and it's already on your keyboard. Press it with the insertion cursor in the following block of code:
d = Manipulate[Plot[Sin[k x], {x, 0, 2 \[Pi]}], {k, 1, 10}];
e = True;
Dynamic[If[e, d, ""]]
The second button is generated below. Pressing it toggles the Manipulate between an on and off state.
Button["Manipulate On/Off", e = Not[e]]
answered Mar 16, 2012 at 19:22
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$\begingroup$ Thanks, it works well in a notebook, but what about use it as a standalone cdf ? It appear doesn't work.... $\endgroup$– maxmcCommented Mar 16, 2012 at 19:40
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$\begingroup$ Nice, but it evaluates the
Manipulateagain when you turn it on, as opposed to simply making it disappear and reappear (like if you deleted the manipulate and immediately undid it). $\endgroup$– rm -rf ♦Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 19:58 -
$\begingroup$ R.M it is possible to paste the manipulate box in the Dynamic function (replacing the variable d). As far as I know there is no Visible->False option for a Manipulate; that would have been useful here. Another option would be to have the function in the Manipulate body to be replaced by a Null function depending on the button state. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 20:15
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2$\begingroup$ @maxmc The manual states about CDF's: "All interactive content must be generated with the Manipulate command and may only use mouse-driven elements, such as Slider, Locator, Checkbox, PopupMenu, etc." So, a button outside a Manipulate won't work in a CDF. $\endgroup$ Commented Mar 16, 2012 at 22:31