Questions tagged [gui-construction]
GUI-construction involves everything that is used to programmatically construct a custom graphical user interface under Mathematica.
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How can I change fractions as tick labels with real numbers?
When using HorizontalGauge or VerticalGauge the scale divisions are frequently labels with fractions (1/5, 2/5) etc., which looks terrible and is hard to read. I have not found a way to force labels ...
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ActionMenu and FormFunction in CreatePalette
While trying to answer this question on the Wolfram Community site I ran into the following issue.
This works
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Dynamically Center a Control in Manipulate
I am attempting to dynamically horizontally center a button above the plot window in a manipulate. For example,
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Pokemon ELO rating with wolframscript
I would like to implement a Pokemon ELO system that my friends that don't have Mathematica installed could use as well via Wolframscript.
The application would work as follows:
You run a script ./...
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inputting a binary matrix via buttons
I want to input a binary matrix via buttons as in the following code:
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Sortable Grid-like control for large data sets?
I've been using a roll-your-own function for a while that's a wrapper around Grid which adds a couple things I always use, like headers, dynamic sorting, filtering, and clipping (only showing the ...
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A standalone notebook that just shows a Manipulate and hides all other code?
I have a complex notebook with one cell that contains a bunch of initial definitions, several modules, and finally a Manipulate object. For a simple example take
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Exporting specific frame of ListAnimate
Imagine I have a certain list of Graphics-type objects that I then incorporate into ListAnimate
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How to make this interface?
I was recently watching this video on the role of the Wolfram language on data science and engineering, and upon discussion of data manipulation, the following CDF was briefly shown (around 0:50 in ...
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Setting automatic dividers when merging groups
Imagine I have my code split into multiple sections, like so
Suppose I now select all cells and merge them, getting
Is it possible to automatic set a divider between the different code sections? I'm ...
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Deleting all outputs on Notebook close
Is is possible to set up a Mathematica notebook so that all outputs are automatically deleted when the notebook is closed? I was trying to look for some function like ...
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Making Static Buttons
Is it possible to get a button that remains still when clicked? That is, it does not show the temporary pressed frames
This also happens when I set ...
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Changing Slider Style [duplicate]
Is there any option to customize the Slider tracker to an image or a Graphics object? What about simply changing its colour? For ...
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Grid's automatic resizing
Imagine I have a dynamic opener that changes the number of rows. For example,
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Button changes in 12.3 [closed]
In the new 12.3 version I noticed a change in how buttons react to the Background option. For instance, take
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How to make a better self-closing toolbar button that always works?
My DockedCellstoolbar has a self-closing button that sometimes decides to permanently stop working on that particular notebook. closing and reopening file always ...
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Manipulate delimiter between control and content
Is it possible to stylize Manipulate so that there is a line separating the control and the content? The code
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Creating a Button to evaluate initialization cells
I am trying to create a setup where I have a number of InputField, SetterBar, and Checkbox ...
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External Dynamic Control with Manipulate
I want to have dynamic controls that depend on other controls. For example, the code
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How to create a bootstrap style InputField?
I am trying to create a bootstrap style InputField in Mathematica. Here is what I've done so far:
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symbols in a function to "take on" the values of controls with the same names in Manipulate
(** I want the symbols a1... in f1... to "take on" the values of the controls with the same names in Manipulate[Plot[f1[3,"a"],{x,1,3}],{a1,0,1},{a2,0,1},{a3,0,1}]. Here's what I'...
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Can I plot *after* setting slider values?
I have some fundamental misunderstanding of the use of Mma's GUI elements, and I would appreciate some guidance. I would like to be able to set up a calculation based on slider values and then press ...
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Using button to display a data table
Here is the code I have tried:
Button["Click to show table", Grid[data]]
Is there a way to do this, so the user can click a button to show the data table?...
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Get symbol at mouse position
How can I get the symbol which is under the mouse pointer at any time?
I know that I can get the mouse position with MousePosition[] and dynamically with ...
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How do I fully specify settings for an image to be used as a GaugeMarker?
I have designed a ClockGauge and wish to use three different images for the hour, minute and second hands.The images are not rectangular and are not symmetrical. The code used is below:
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Panel, Pane, and Framed Alignment - Clipped Images, Negative Margins, ContentPadding
I'm trying to tightly wrap some expressions in containers (could be Panel, Pane, maybe Framed...
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Making a GUI similar to Documentation Center
This is an offshoot of how to create a menu as the Documentation Center?...
My aim is to build a menu that functions kind of like the documentation center...a grid of rectangles, each with a dropdown ...
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Saving code as a blackbox for wolfram player
I am trying to save my program as a blackbox so those who I am deploying it to are able to use it, but there is no reason for them to have the huge chunk of code beforehand to have to scroll through.
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How to use controls for creating static variables
I try to create a static variable initialized by some control.
Let's create PopupMenu control
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Invert Selection checkbox
I want to use a checkbox to invert the current checkboxbar selection, the code now basically works, but I hope that when the checkboxbar is all selected or not, the status of the first checkbox will ...
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TogglerBar linked to Buttons that override input list
This question is about extending the solution provided here. How do I allow the user to change x outside the TogglerGrid function so that the TogglerBar shows the new values of x? I've set it up ...
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Is there a way to disable the "Formatting Notebook Contents" panel?
Mathematica loves telling the user that it is "Formatting Notebook Contents" during DataModeler model searches. The problem is that, even though Mathematica is in the background, that panel ...
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Panel not working inside Do loop
If I have Do[Interpretation[Pannel[...]]], the code does nothing.
How to fix it?
Below is the most simple example, I could think of and it does not work.
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Capture screenshot of a certain window given its title
Is there a way to find the handle of a certain window and take a screenshot in Mathematica without having to call external programs? Something that connects with the API for the operating system.
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How to make value of HorizontalGauge be continuously updated in Manipulate?
I wrote the following code:
Manipulate[HorizontalGauge[Dynamic[x], {0, range}], {range, 5, 10}]
I want to plot a HorizontalGauge...
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Why can't HorizontalGauge be directly added to the control part of Manipulate[]?
I try to use HorizontalGauge in Manipulate as follows:
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combine horizontal gauge and vertical gauge as a Cartesian coordinate
I tried to inset horizontal gauge and vertical gauge in the same Graphics/Plot, but the origins of two gauges don't intersect:
The problem with inset[] is it will resize the object, how to combine two ...
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TogglerBar Text Cuting
Does anyone know how to prevent the text from cutting when using a Togglerbar?
I would like the text to wrap instead.
For instance:
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TableVIew and Dynamic
Considering using TableView to present data and allowing the user make small adjustments to the values. Would like some help with Dynamic and TableView. Below is a basic example. In the more ...
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Manipulate: variable localization inside nested `Control`
Below is a piece of my code I have trouble with:
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How Do I Create a Separate Window for my output WITHOUT the usual Windows Title Bar and Scrolling bar
I want to display some output in a separate Window but WITHOUT all the usual Windows accoutrements. I don't want a title bar, I don't want a menu of options, I don't want a scroll bars - I just want a ...
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Is there some way to make Dynamic track only a part of a variable [duplicate]
I often run into a situation like the one exemplified by the code below. The basic idea is to use a single DynamicModule variable as a list or association of values ...
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InputField with carriage return in cloud notebooks?
I'm looking for a way of constructing a multi-line InputField in a cloud notebook. That is, a text field that supports the following five behaviors:
The 'Enter' ...
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How to do field completion in FormFunction?
The control InputField has the option FieldCompletionFunction for showing optional autocompletions (updates a dropdown as you ...
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How to style the frame of the a button?
For certain Appearance options of Button you can control the Background, but how does one ...
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How to pause an Animator with Mouseover?
I would like my Animator to pause when the mouse is not over it. For example, here it continues to update even when it's not moused-over:
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Vanishing function and Manipulate
Within Manipulate, I want to vanish certain controls if other controls satisfy a specific condition. The simplest case is to consider two checkboxes, ...
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