Linked Questions
28 questions linked to/from Guidelines for planning custom GUI in Mathematica
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General strategies to write big code in Mathematica?
I think after six months of exposure to Mathematica and the Wolfram Language I am fairly OK with writing short codes and snippets. However, what are some general strategies to use in order to write ...
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Mathematica 11 with High DPI 4k screen
My laptop has a 17 inch 4k screen, running Windows 10 and Ubuntu 1604. Both systems are set to 2x scaling. But Mathematica 11 (released 2016-08-08) is still blurry like version 10. Is there a simple ...
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What are the most common (usual) ways to make palettes with non-trivial functionality?
What are the best (most robust and most convenient) ways to create palettes that can be installed permanently (using Palettes -> Install Palette...) and are safe ...
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Fontsize is too small
I have this annoyance for a long time now: every Text cell uses the default font size, though it appears too small on my screen. See comparison of same text, same font (Times New Roman), same fontsize ...
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Internal DynamicModule steals scope of external DynamicModule
I have two dynamic objects, one nested in the other. Both have their own functions defined, as follows. I have simplified them to the point where they don't make much sense, but can still illustrate ...
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What is a printer's point?
Bug introduced in 10.4 or earlier and persisting through v11.3 (misleading documentation inconsistency)
According to the documentation it is a basic unit for size spec. ...
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What is the right way to construct DynamicModule
When I'm creating DynamicModules for CDF purposes I'm usualy basing on my experience with that, particular goal and content rather than on deep insight.
I want to ...
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How to convert between various ItemSize/ImageSize units?
How can one convert between the implicit units used by Grid (ems and line height for horizontal and vertical dimensions) and printers points (in ...
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Grid - problem with ItemSize being ignored
Bug introduced in 7.0 or earlier and persisting through 11.0 or later. Fixed in 13.0.0 or earlier
I have run into another problem with Grid today.
An explicitly ...
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Passing mouse related events broken by Deploy / Deployed->True
Bug reproduced in V9.0.1 and fixed in V11.1
This bug affects every part of GUI which is wrapped with Deploy as well as every ...
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Handling Kernel quit
One can use $Epilog to do something when the Kernel is quit or put an end.m file next to the ...
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Order/Dependency of Styles in a Stylesheet
How exactly is a custom stylesheet processed?
Which style depends on (inherits from) which other style.
Consider e.g. setting a font.
I would expect that setting the font for ...
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Magnification, ScreenResolution, ScreenInformation and Printing: Please shine some Light into it!
According to How to set default magnification for all windows Mathematica assumes 72 dpi screen resolution. In my computer, the screen resolution actually is 120 dpi which is a very common value on ...
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Grid cuts my images
Bug introduced in V9.0 or earlier and persisting through V11.2
pic2 = ImageResize[
ImageCrop@Rasterize@Graphics@Disk[],
{Automatic, 40}]
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Handling Kernel start. What is a full initialization stack and what place the Autoload has there?
According to: tutorial/WolframSystemSessions
Initialization
On startup, the Wolfram Language kernel does the following:
Performs license management operations.
Runs Wolfram Language ...
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