How can I get the style such as Input, Text, Code, etc., of a selected cell? If a group of cells is selected, how can I get styles of all the cells in the group?
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$\begingroup$ Programmatically? If it's just one cell, then a manual method: you can right-click on the cell's bracket, mouse over to "Style", and then see what's ticked... $\endgroup$– J. M.'s eventual burnout ♦Mar 23, 2013 at 16:09
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$\begingroup$ @J.M. yes programmatically. I wasn't precise. $\endgroup$– VladimirMar 23, 2013 at 17:58
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"Style" /. Developer`CellInformation[nb]
where nb is the NotebookObject for the notebook you care about. Since you could have multiple cells selected, this will always return a list. It's also possible to have no cells selected, in which case CellInformation will return $Failed and the above code would throw an error.
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$\begingroup$ God, it's even in the help and I couldn't find it.. Thanks! $\endgroup$– VladimirMar 24, 2013 at 18:34
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$\begingroup$ Thanks @John Fultz . I used your answer in formulating a routine to answer "Is there a shortcut to select all cells above the current cursor position?", picking out just the "Input" style cells to evaluate (which is what the asker was trying to do). $\endgroup$– Bill NNov 25, 2016 at 18:39
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$\begingroup$ Can I use this within one notebook. I have yet to manage to get anything different from
$Failedout ofDeveloper`CellInformation[nb]. Perhaps because the selection changes when I hit shift enter to run the code. (I usednb = InputNotebook[]to set nb to the current notebook.) $\endgroup$– KvotheMay 6, 2022 at 9:47 -
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Developer`CellInformationalso works onCellObject, allowing you to get information on cells regardless of whether they're selected. You can use various invocations ofCells[]to acquire the desired list ofCellObjects. $\endgroup$ Jul 14, 2022 at 5:32