Questions tagged [front-end]
Questions related to the Mathematica front-end (graphical user interface).
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Remote kernel lost internet connection
I'm running a calculation on a remote kernel and the internet connection is interrupted. When it recovered, all definitions were lost on the front end. Does the kernel on the remote machine ...
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How to create a conditional EventHandler
Summary
Can we make something like the following work as an action for EventHandler?
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Cannot remove configured kernels in version 12.0
Bug introduced in 12.0
I have defined the settings of a new remote kernel from Kernel Configuration Options in a MacOS machine. But the specification have a mistake and I need to redefine. When I ...
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Prevent Mathematica from adding ExpressionUUID to cells
There are some well-known options for preventing the front end from adding "unnecessary" stuff to .nb files when keeping them e.g. in a git
repository: CreateCellID,...
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How to open a different process of Mathematica in Windows when opening a file with explorer
When I open any file with Mathematica in the Windows explorer, it just spaws a new window under current opened Mathematica process, using the same kernel. Is there a way to modify this default ...
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Mouse wheel scrolling doesn't work in Pane inside ExpressionCell
Essentially what the title says - Consider the following example:
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Nested front-end-only EventHandler
Bug introduced in 11.3 or earlier, and persisting through 12.0
CASE:4372001 confirmed
I am running into an issue trying to improve the performance of my user interface by moving as much of the ...
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Can one force dialogs to use the textual from when using the front end?
The documentation for ChoiceDialog states that
If Mathematica is run without a notebook front end, ChoiceDialog gives
choices in a textual form.
Indeed, one ...
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How do Mathematica processes DynamicBox? [closed]
I've heard that Mathematica uses a session ad hoc to process DynamicBox, but I don't know any detail. I am using DynamicBox in ...
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Move input cursor to after cell group
Bug introduced in 8 or earlier and persisting through 12.0
I am looking for a way to move the input cursor to after the current cell group. The following example illustrates the situation I am ...
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A button that creates a cell and evaluates it
Short version: PasteButton will paste its contents at the input cursor. I am looking to create a similar button that will paste something into a new cell and ...
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CurrentScreenImage not giving complete image of screen
Running 12.0.0 on Windows 64, with dual monitors
When I give the following as input:
CurrentScreenImage[]
rather than seeing an image of the complete screens ...
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Is there some way to have only one input, but can give two Output Cells?
It is well known that there are as many output cells as there are rows of input
Is there some way to have only one input, but can give two Output Cells.
For example:
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mathematica stop working after running some .nb file and close or save the file
Bug fixed in 8.0.4 for Chinese edition only, generally fixed in or before 11.3.
I'm using version 7 on Windows.
After I running one .nb file and just want to ...
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Front end output of my Mathematica is extremely slow
I am using Mathematica 12, take a look at below two runs
I already using Short to shorten output. The first run shows Short is ...
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Official status of TraditionalForm?
In Mathematica versions prior to 11.2 or 11.3 (not sure at the moment) it was possible to select the default format type of new output cells via ...
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List of Coordinates at Mouse Position
I have the following image
I want to semi-automate the process of me collecting coordinates for all the vertices. What I have in mind is putting my cursor over each node and appending the coordinate ...
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Is there a way to get the exact measurements on the screen in mathematica?
Suppose I want to make a rectangle that is 50mm x 70mm and I want to inscribe a ellipse with x radius 10mm and y radius 15.5mm centered at 20mm from top and in the middle across.
I can get the ...
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Weird display usage bug by Mathematica 12 on Windows 8 - how to fix it?
Since I've upgraded to Mathematica 12 on Windows 8, this very weird behaviour has started occuring:
(Essentially: the notebook area gets shrunk and minified and an unusable black area appears.)
It ...
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Is it possible to make a notebook behave like text editor such as Sublime Text with regard to code formatting?
Can Mathematica, natively or otherwise, behave more like a conventional text editing tool such as Sublime Text or Notepad++ when it comes to code formatting and syntax highlighting?
I have seen some ...
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Restoring previous “Save Selection As…” behavior
I've just upgraded to Mathematica version 11.3 (from 8.0) under MacOS 10.11.5. I noticed that when I "Save Selection As..." or "Save Graphic As...", the pre-filled name is "Untitled" plus the ...
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Open all notebooks in Working mode?
Is there a way to specify this as a global setting that oversides an individual notebook screen environment setting?
Motivation: I have a folder of many slideshows and need to change this manually ...
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Is it possible to get current thickness for every Line, Polygon, Circle object in a plot?
When exporting Mathematica graphics to raster formats with high resolution the common problem is that thickness for such objects as Line, ...
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Formatting output for use in forums etc [duplicate]
If we take the (simple) example
x = 1;
y = 2;
z = 3;
x + y + z
we get the (complete screen) result when copying into a more basic interface, such as a web forum ...
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Why does setting SyntaxInformation add a definition to DefaultValues
Before setting any definitions to the symbol f, the DefaultValues of f is empty:
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Connecting notebook to remote kernel
I'm trying to connect my FrontEnd session to remote kernel. Manual connection works by creating LinkObject like so:
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How to update values in a Summary Box? [closed]
Update
The code below works fine. Failed update of summary box was from a typo in the actual code. Admins can delete this question if needed.
For a summary box that includes a calculated value ...
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How to restore broken Automatic cell grouping behavior?
By default output cells are grouped with the input cell from which they are generated (note the nested cell brackets on the right):
Sometimes it is desirable to group manually input cell with ...
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Delete pre-existing output under EvaluationCell[] from CellProlog
We know that there is an efficient way to delete all output from the EvaluationNotebook[]:
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Mathematical Notation
If we use Mathematica notation the following works:
Div[Grad[u[x, y], {x, y}], {x, y}]
also if we multiply the gradient with a scalar:
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What causes Autonumbering to stop working after “Evaluating” Notebook in 12.0
Bug introduced in 12.0
I'm using "Section" autonumbering in a notebook that contains text and calculations. Normally my "Section" style numbering looks like:
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Is there a way to substitute a Bracket for a Matrix Rather than a Parentheses When Using Traditional Form
I'm trying to use Mathematica to work my way through some Linear Algebra problems given by Gilbert Strang (Introduction to Linear Algebra). Consequently, I would like to use his notation as much as ...
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Why should the format of an integral affect the result
This has been reported to Wolfram and confirmed as a bug in Mathematica V12
This follows on from This question
I get a different answer for the same integral input in different ways e.g.
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Which words are “protected” from the built-in spell checker?
Bug persisits through 12.0 [CASE:4331923]
Some time ago Alan raised an interesting question about spell checking in Mathematica in a comment:
<...> does Mma actually recognize Euclidian (vs ...
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Drawing line in notebook with Mathematica command
I have a for loop that makes plots iteratively, in between the plots, I would like to draw a line in the notebook. Is there a command that is the equivalent of doing this:
https://reference.wolfram....
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Make Mathematica look like a terminal
I know similar things have been asked before but the responses there do not seem to work for me so I wanna give this another try. I like editing code in vim in a terminal. I set the screen transparent ...
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Readable formula output on command line
I was trying to solve some differential equations. Mathematica is a little expensive to me, so I went for the free Wolfram Engine for Developers. It is said that the engine offers the full power of ...
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How to remove an installed Stylesheet?
Recently I learned to installed a stylesheet, so I tried it on a random notebook. While the installed stylesheet did show in the drop-down menu, I don't know how to remove it! Since I won't be using ...
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Disable blue spelling tooltip
I've noticed that at least on Mac, Mathematica automatically displays the blue spelling tooltip on misspelled words, but actually there's a much nicer, more reliable and faster tooltip when one uses ...
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Syntax-coloring specific to function heads
I've been playing around a lot with making a new style sheet with corresponding syntax colorings in the past few days, but I'm finding the default options pretty lacking. While you can use the ...
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Hiding an evaluated cell as the evaluation completes - Self-hiding
I use expressions to create "control panels" to set dynamic variables to control the evaluation of other expressions in a large notebook. For example:
I would like the expressions that create these ...
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Expandable summary view for a large expression
I need a convenient interface to interactively explore very large expressions. I am aware of Short and Shallow, and appreciate ...
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How can I disable replacements for \[Rule], \[GreaterEqual], \[LessEqual], etc. in the front end?
When you type -> in the front end, it is automatically replaced with the \[Rule] character. Similarly, when you type ...
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Copy formula and paste it externally
I don't manage to copy a cell (or part of it) from a notebook and paste it somewhere else (example, in the internet search bar). I tried to change the style of the cell but the result didn't change.
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Input field with a value that persists between sessions
Ultimately, I would like to have input field that will remember in front-end its last session value, while its related variable should not be local and should be dynamic.
Input field will be put in a ...
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Why do menu items and shortcut keys sometimes become bugged?
Without any identifiable cause, Mathematica will occasionally seem to remap keyboard shortcut keys and menu items. I typically notice this with Ctrl-S, which I use often to save. All of a sudden, it ...
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visible indication that a cell is not evaluatable
Occasionally I make cells not evaluatable. Is there any way to have some sort of visible indication (automatic) that reminds me if a cell is not evaluatable.
One example of why I do this is that we ...
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Repeated string pattern: difference between the FrontEnd and WolframScript?
This code works fine in a string based interface like WolframScript or Mathematica Kernel.
Run this through a string based interface
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Mathematica 12 Frontend for Mac: cell grouping messed up upon copy/paste
I am not sure whether this has been addressed somewhere already, I couldn't find any comment.
I suffer from an annoying bug: when I copy and then paste a cell between grouped cells (forming eg a ...
