Questions tagged [options]
Questions dealing with optional named arguments of Mathematica functions.
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Apply options to many controllers
I have 5-7 controllers in Manipulation. Names and ranges are different,
but some options like ...
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SetOptions does not work for ContourStyle of ContourPlot3D?
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14.0.0 for Mac OS X ARM (64-bit) (December 13, 2023)
This seems to be similar to Global LabelStyle option does not work with SetOptions and SetOptions for ...
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Proper Way to Clear all 'Option' Variables for a Function?
I've poked around and searched a bit, but thus far have not been able to find anything that solves the following problem:
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Mathematica 13.1 - New Cell Options
I have been using Mathematica for many years now and never encountered anything like that. My version is 13.1.
In one of my notebooks, I must have clicked some shortcut by mistake, and now the new ...
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Why does SetOptions[Tree,ImageSize->Tiny] fail for Tree[]
It works for Plot but not for Tree
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Passing options (both default and input) to sub-function
I have a function with Options, and I want to pass the Options to a subfunctions, including both Options with default values and Options with input values. For example, I want to pass the Options of <...
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How do I change my Input/Output labels back to the default?
My notebooks have a non-standard In/Out labels.
They look like this:
I changed label style so long ago, I can't remember how I did it.
I've tried changing the CellLabelTemplate option, but that didn'...
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Which functions use a given option?
I occasionally discover Options which look like they might be useful, if only I knew which functions used that option. Is there a resource that lists all the functions which use a given option? What ...
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How can I specify a pattern for OptionsPattern
I cannot find the method how to apply some pattern specification to the values of options in a function. For example, it is necessary to define the power (exponentiation) with both positive base and ...
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Where can I find the documentation on DropLine?
I watched the video "New in Version 14" and I think I remember seeing something I think was called "DropLine" which was illustrated as an option in a 2D graphic that inserted ...
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Put tiny, hidden information on notebook
What is the standard method for inserting tiny, hidden information on notebooks (.nb files) ?
From now on, I am planning to insert small, hidden information on every new notebook. And also for some ...
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Open multiple instances(=windows) of same .nb? [duplicate]
Is it possible to open multiple instances of the same .nb (on local disk)?
First, open c:\test1\test1.nb.
After that, can you open another instance(=window) of <...
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Strange behaviour when adding Options to Protected symbols
I want to use the TensorProduct function to work for some of my custom expressions with head FusionRing and I want it to be able ...
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Modify the color scale in ColorFunction
I'm trying to get the following intensity map with the same style and colors
But the closest I got was using SolarColors in Mathematica
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Passing an unevaluated test
I want to write a function (in a package) that takes a boolean test as an option. Here's a toy example to illustrate what I have in mind:
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Separate definition of custom options and passed options in function definition
Why do these codes do not work?
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GraphicsBoxOptions no longer working in Mathematica 13.3
Previously, I used GraphicsBoxOptions to set BaseStyles for my notebook. It is no longer working in Mathematica 13.3. What is ...
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How to post message about invalid options and return unevaluated input?
Consider this function.
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Graphics3D with projected/flat eye view? [closed]
Following image can be perceived as a cube (a regular hexagon with 3 internal line segments) :
But in mathematica, it is not possible to make such shape with rotation.
Examples of some close state of ...
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Can not get OptionValue with SetDelayed variable
ClearAll[foo1];
foo1[OptionsPattern[]] := Hold[OptionValue[""]][[1, 1]]
foo1[]
gives function name
foo1
But
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Permanently changing default output style
I have read through this discussion several times: Keeping Quotation Marks in Output
Unfortunately, the accepted answer here only works once, at the notebook level. I'd like to permanently change this ...
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Graphics - nice variant of ImageSize (pixels per GraphicsUnitLength)
On my MMA, I apply the options
SetOptions[$FrontEnd,
GraphicsBoxOptions -> {BaseStyle -> Magnification -> 72/120}]
Then I can assure the output ...
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How to restore LightGray Background to initialization cells?
I am running Mathematica 13.2.1 on a new MacBook Pro M2 with Ventura 13.2.1. I have done something that causes any initialization cells that I create or view to no longer have a LightGray background. ...
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Resetting Default Stylesheet/Options Inspector
While trying to learn about the use of Stylesheets and use of the Options Inspector, I have managed via misguided bravado or accident to change the global options for the default stylesheet in a way ...
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How to extract the AspectRatio of a plot? [closed]
How do I extract the AspectRatio from a plot? (For example for the PlotRange, I can use ...
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Do the options LegendFunction->"Frame" and PointSize work?
In the Mma versions up to 12.2 the function LegendFunction->"Frame" worked. Now (version 13.2, Win.10) it seems not to work:
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ChangeCellStyle function works in one direction but not in reverse
This post is a continuation of an earlier Question, How to programmatically change CellStyle of all Cells from "Input" to "Code"? but with a ...
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Listing the supported formats of BarcodeImage
BarcodeImage["string",format] generates a barcode image given a string and barcode format. The supported formats can be read off from its documentation.
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How to extract arguments of color spaces and determine brightness of said colors?
The objective is to produce an automated theme with contrasting colors for EvaluationNotebook FontColor and ...
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Map-ed programmatic Style-s (based on user-input) are not evaluating. Scoping constructs are suspected
The top function manages several sub-functions which set visual properties over a list of Options.
Inside stylerules the ...
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Need a few built-in Symbols (functions) whose Options are a mix of Rule-s and DelayedRule-s [closed]
This is for examples in documentation I'm writing for a ResourceFunction["PrettyOptions"] (look for it soon) that is close to completion. Asking for most ...
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Can I export the Option Inspector settings?
I've customized my options via the option inspector but I doubt I'd remember all those obtuse settings. Is there a way to export or save them if my computer dies or I upgrade?
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Write an expression that queries all of MMA to find the top M Symbols with the most Options or M Symbols having N Options?
I apologize, but I'm way over my pay-grade on this one, so I don't have any code to share that needs correcting. That is because I really don't know how to start this. I feel like this has a very easy ...
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Changing the default fonts, colours and padding of plots in Mathematica 13
Default legend font
After a while of playing around with the option inspector, I've managed to change the default font and colour of the axis labels and tick labels of a 2D plot, as well as the ...
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Impossible to change any option in option inspector
I would like to enable AutoSave in the options.
However, all the options are grayed in Mathematica (see below) and I cannot change anything.
The software has been launched as administrator.
How can I ...
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Problems when Manipulating viewpoint of Graphics3D[cube]
I wanted to Manipulate the ViewPoint of Grphics3D[Cube[]].
My codes are
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A strange error occurs when using First, Last, and Take to pick out list elements for dynamically styling a button
The top function setstyles is the only one we need to focus on.
However, the four functions below it are needed for this to work. These validate up to 4 properties ...
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Converting ViewPoint and ViewCenter to ViewVector
In the documentation about ViewPoint in the section "Properties & Relations" we can read:
"Convert ViewPoint to ViewVector by multiplying the length and
pointing the center:"
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Updating a built-in function in Mathematica
I am using Mathematica 10.2 and would like to know how to update a built-in function.
For example, I am trying to utilise the ScalingFunctions and ...
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Quit the loop if encounter error message
First define length-component error (personal term) :
This is an error when we want to get n-th component of a list if n is bigger then the length of the list. For example, ...
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How to set minimal allowed size for a graphical element?
Starting from version 10.3 there is a documented way to specify a maximum allowed size for a graphical element via UpTo:
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Get range of a Graphics object [duplicate]
Let
g1 = Graphics[{Orange, Disk[{0, 0}, {3, 4}]}]
It is clear that the g1 can be contained in a rectangular region
whose left-...
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For Graphics, ImageDimensions yields slightly different value
I use Mathematica version 12.2, Windows 10.
Graphics[{Red, Rectangle[{0, 0}, {200, 300}]}, ImageSize -> 200] // ImageDimensions
{200, 296}
I think the output ...
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What properties make a valid CellID?
The documentation for CellID only mentions that it will be a number. But what kind of number? Can it be a real number with a decimal? How about a negative number?
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Strange CandlestickChart EventLabels Behavior When Using Modified Data
Edit: In attempting to showcase a simplified version of the issue, it seems instead I showcased a syntax error and didn't capture the correct issue.
The code below showcases the issue:
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NMinimize/NMaximize: How to specify additional options to the "PostProcess"->FindMinimum option
I would like to pass FindMinimum Options to the PostProcess Option of NMinimize.
Here is minimal working example of using NMinimize from the documentation at (see tutorial/...
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Using Through function with vectors
I have the vectors defined as follows:
v1={x1,y1,z1};
v2={x2,y2,z2};
v12=v2-v1;
v21=v1-v2;
I am passing an integer function for iteration purpose as follows:
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How to determine the current width of the output cell area?
When answering this question, I suddenly realized that it is surprisingly difficult to determine the current width of the output cell contents.
I tried to employ the ...
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Is a list of all graph layouts available?
Is a list of all graph layouts available?
For example I want to check all the layouts at once for a specific graph so I'll map this over the list. Of course you can just type the list yourself but ...
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OptionValue not inserting correct option
I am using OptionsPattern and OptionValue to define some switches for my custom function. Here is a minimal example:
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