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CellGrouping -> Manual isn't needed anymore for copying cell groups. They are copied correctly by default.

I'm trying to use:

NotebookWrite[nb, NotebookRead[EvaluationNotebook[]];

to copy cells from the EvaluationNotebook[] to a new notebook nb. For this, I move around in the EvaluationNotebook[] using different applications of SelectionMove[nb, ...].

Now, I would like to copy the exact same cell groupings of the current document as well, and this doesn't seem to happen. In the newly created notebook nb, I just see consecutive cells, without any grouping. Why is that? How can copying of groups be achieved?

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  • $\begingroup$ I'm really curious. The information about CellGroupingRules is preserved. But even with CreateDocument[NotebookRead /@ Cells[#], AbsoluteOptions[#]] &@ EvaluationNotebook[] they are not grouped properly. What is what makes them grouped then? $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented Sep 11, 2013 at 7:22
  • $\begingroup$ @Kuba: thanks for your comment. Anyone have any answer on this? Thanks! $\endgroup$
    – Gabriel
    Commented Sep 11, 2013 at 13:25
  • $\begingroup$ @Kuba I was about to edit this, but I see you have already edited. Maybe you can edit Nobetook->Notebook? It is an interesting question. In a .nb file you can see that there is some information about grouping. You can also set cell grouping manually. I've played around with all this a little bit when looking at Gabriels previous question (I think). If you don't see another way maybe we have to look at editing the notebook file. $\endgroup$
    – Jacob Akkerboom
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 11:11
  • $\begingroup$ @JacobAkkerboom done. It would be perfect to avoid modifying notebook file. I thought it should be available via standard notebook related functions. We will see, unfortunatelly now I can't focus on this more. $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 11:16
  • $\begingroup$ @Kuba I just have checked your code CreateDocument[NotebookRead /@ Cells[#], AbsoluteOptions[#]] &@ EvaluationNotebook[] with version 10.4.1 and found that all cell groups (including manually created) are preserved with the default CellGrouping -> Automatic. Looks like it was a bug which is currently fixed. $\endgroup$
    – Alexey Popkov
    Commented Jun 17, 2016 at 4:27

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To make it work, you have to set the option CellGrouping -> Manual either for the target notebook, or globally in the Option Inspector (Ctrl+Shift+O). Then the following code works as expected:

nb = CreateDocument[{}, CellGrouping -> Manual];
SelectionMove[EvaluationNotebook[], All, Notebook];
NotebookWrite[nb, NotebookRead[EvaluationNotebook[]]];

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  • $\begingroup$ I missed this because when I grouped cells with Ctrl+Shift+G then still AbsoluteOptions[EvaluationNotebook[]] -> {CellGrouping -> Automatic} $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 12:42
  • $\begingroup$ @Kuba Grouping only applies to the EvaluationNotebook[]. When one copies cells from it the target notebook won't inherit the Cellgrouping option value, thus it will be the default Automatic. $\endgroup$
    – István Zachar
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 12:47
  • $\begingroup$ You mean Automatic!=Automatic? because this explains why the following has failed: CreateDocument[NotebookRead /@ Cells[#], AbsoluteOptions[#]] &@ EvaluationNotebook[] $\endgroup$
    – Kuba
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 12:54
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    $\begingroup$ @Kuba Yes, that is indeed strange. I don't know ATM what exactly stores the grouping preferences in the source notebook if not the $FrontEnd, $FrontEndSession or EvaluationNotebook[] (all return Automatic). The only thing different in the target is if you hit Ctrl+Shift+E on the non-grouped cells, you'll see something like CellGroupingRules->{$CellContext`GroupTogetherGrouping, 10000.} of which the $CellContext is missing in the source cell. $\endgroup$
    – István Zachar
    Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 13:12
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    $\begingroup$ @IstvánZachar Indeed $CellContext was the source of the trouble: currently manually grouped cells get CellGroupingRules->{"GroupTogetherGrouping", 10000.} what works as expected, but changing it to CellGroupingRules->{$CellContext`GroupTogetherGrouping, 10000.} breaks manual grouping. Added the bugs tag to the OP (CellGrouping -> Manual currently isn't needed). $\endgroup$
    – Alexey Popkov
    Commented Oct 26, 2019 at 8:06

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