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Consider the following:
FirstOutput=Style["Test", FontSize -> 20]
SetOptions[Style, FontSize -> 20];
SecondOutput=Style["Test"]
I would like the string "Test" to appear in SecondOutput as in FirstOutput. Why does SetOptions[Style, FontSize -> 20] not apply to SecondOutput?
Does anyone have an idea?
There are some functions that don't work with SetOptions. This Q&A provides a WRI tech support solution to finding functions that don't work with SetOptions but it appears that that method doesn't pick up Style (or StyleBox).
I think Mike Honeychurch has the gist of it. I don't know why Style doesn't use it's option values, but if you test it out, get display problems if you call
Style["test", Sequence @@ Options[Style]]
send the message:
The specified setting for the option OpenerBoxOptions, BaselinePosition cannot be used.
If you want something similar I suggest you simply define your own style call, which for the most case also nicely documents that you don't just want to call an empty Style[] on a piece of text, but want it to follow some personally defined styling.
Options[myStyle]={FontSize->20};
myStyle[a__,OptionsPattern[]]:=Style[a,Sequence@@Options[myStyle]]
I would personally expect Style["text"] to be the default style, which means that the call is redundant, since "text" in and of itself would have the default style.
