# String option names for Cells

They seem to be correctly interpreted.

I'm asking because of some minor reasons and a major one: NotebookWrite a Cell with WholeCellGroupOpener option

I don't know any official confirmation so let me just ask if anyone knows where using string names for built in options names may fail.

Let's assume the context is only about Cell options.

As we can see, works well:

CellPrint[
Cell[TextData["Test"], "Input", "Background" -> LightBlue,
"CellFrame" -> True, "FontColor" -> Red]]


Cell expression (Ctrl+Shift+E) shows that "Background" was converted to Background but even if I manually edit the cell back to "Background" it understands it.

• Thou shalt support other MMA User and thou shalt fight against Spam. +1 – user9660 Jul 22 '15 at 13:20
• Maybe if the symbol does not exist in the System` context? – Rolf Mertig Jul 22 '15 at 20:30
• @RolfMertig It works well for both, System and Global, that's why I'd like to use it. – Kuba Jul 22 '15 at 21:21
• I like doing this too. Makes for easier reading. Please post if you find any options that are not supported this way. – Michael McCain Dec 18 '15 at 4:17