17 questions linked to/from Items known by CurrentValue
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### how to get unicode for tally mark in mathematica

People are saying u1D378 is the unicode for https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Tally_marks-Five-bar_Gate.svg How do i create such a tally mark character in mathematica front end. If ...
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### How to cap ImageSize at the notebook width?

Graphics[{Circle[]}, ImageSize -> Automatic] creates a figure which is 360 pixels wide (same as Medium), if it fits in the ...
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### What are all the returns from FrontEndNeedCurrentFrontEndSymbolsPacket

So Mr. Wizard points out here that we can get all the FE packets via FrontEndExecute[FrontEndNeedCurrentFrontEndSymbolsPacket[]][[1,1,4]] I was wondering what all ...
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### How to retrieve current FaceForm?

The current colour in a Graphics object can be retrieved using CurrentValue["Color"] for use in Dynamic stuff. Example: ...
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### The value of an option inside a native function

I'm looking for something similar to AbsoluteOptions but that can be evaluated inside the function. That is, I want to read the absolute settings of options ...
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### Is there a way to make the “Details” section of the Documentation expanded by default?

By default, the Mathematica documentation opens with the "Details" section collapsed. This is never what I'm looking for — in fact, I've lost count of the times I've sought help on a feature and not ...
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### Confusing font information from CurrentValue

I'm trying to programmatically get the width of a character in Mathematica's default fixed-width font, Courier. I believe CurrentValue holds the answer but I'm ...
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### Hovering mouse cursor over a plot to display a “corresponding” point in another plot

I'm trying to reproduce a variant of this view, where hovering the mouse over a point highlights its "corresponding" point on all plots: In my case, the additional complexion is that the x-axes are ...
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### How to get a list of available appearance/styles/Methods?

This is a basic question but I haven't found any answer yet :/ Available appearances for Button[] are mentioned in Help, those ...
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### How do I find the value of specific printing options?

I'd like to programmatically save (and then temporarily change and restore) specific printing options. I get as far as Options[Notebook, PrintingOptions] but don'...
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### What is the complete list of valid FrontEnd Packet types?

In response to my question How can I get the unchanged Box form of an arbitrary expression? John Fultz answered with a method using the hilariously named ...
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### Scaling edge thicknesses

UPDATE There may be some confusion as to the specification of the problem. kguler's answer doesn't really answer the question. I'll try to elaborate a bit at the bottom of the post. One problem with ...
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### Is using undocumented functionality a Bad Idea™?

Mathematica has a lot of very useful undocumented features. For example a hash table, a built-in list of compilable functions, additional options to CurrentValue, ...