Questions tagged [user-interface]
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Why is my dynamic slider no longer working?
This used to work but I accidentally made some unrecoverable edits and it stopped displaying. It supposed to adjust the background color of the current notebook. Please have a look and see what is ...
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Please help validate autoSave function or refactor for better performance
I finally have my autoSave[] function that appears to work. Although it does automatically save file the DateString (dynamic in-...
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Is there a way to count quantity of evaluations (this preferred) or edits in a cell since last notebook save?
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The goal is to use this to create an autoSave[evals_:5]:=Module[{}, save after set number of evaluations or edits have occured...]. I asked a similar ...
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Can Mathematica be set to remind user to save after a set number of unsaved edits have occurred or after a set amount of time has passed?
I lost half a night's work just now because after about 6 months of learning and working with Mathematica it finally decided to crash on me for the very first time. Yeah my bad. At least I can ...
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Cannot find a way to close a toolbar. I believe it's the Templating toolbar
Today I was looking at the menu: Windows > Toolbar > Templating (and the others) which I was able to toggle show/hide but this one refuses to toggle. I hope I am not stuck with it. I noticed that ...
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Entering inline math not possible
I just noticed a problem when I tried to input an inline math cell, via "ctrl+(" this gives an unexpected beep but it is not starting inline math. Works fine in Mathematica 12.0 but not in Mathematica ...
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Problem displaying a window from a menu
I want to display a splash screen directly, but also via a menu.
This is a minimal example
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Construct UI for image
I am trying to build the User interface, whereby when binarize is clicked, it gives its slider and its respective MeanIntensity and StandardDeviation.
The same for EdgeDetect and MorpologicalBinarize.
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Inlcude binarize methods in Manipulate
I would require the binarize methods in the Manipulate interface.
Thanks
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Mathematica 12.1 start-up time in Linux extremely slow
I installed Mathematica 12.1 on my Linux machine and the start-up time is extremely slow.
I see the Spikey logo and messages like:
Initializing Kernel connections
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In search of lost time: Mathematica keyboard shortcuts
I am wondering about all the shortcuts that there are in Mma, besides the documented ones in https://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/KeyboardShortcutListing.html.
Are there any undocumented ...
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User interface Mathematica 12.1 terribly slow
I installed Mathematica 12.1 a few days ago and now I experience a serious speed slow down. When working with datasets for example Mathematica is close to be unusable. Even in the help systems it ...
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Possible to add a `Find “string”' to the Toolbar?
It would be nice to have a persistent "Find" feature on the tool bar.
I find the FindAndReplaceDialog to be clumsy on MacOs.
I could do this with a DockedCell, but then I would need to do it for ...
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Splitting a SetterBar to multiple lines, wrapping at a given page margin?
I have 4 SetterBars linked to the same variable, and representing 593 choices in four categories. How might I get a sensical output that wraps to window or screen or some arbitrary margin?
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How to ask the user via Input a Function? - Wolfram Mathematica
I need to ask the user the function to make some procedures. For example, instead of having at the code
f[x_] := Sqrt[1 + x];
and then
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Does Mathematica 12 scale with gnome display settings?
I currently have Mathematica 11.3, and while I really like the software, windows are too tiny on my laptop. My laptop has a 4K monitor, and I have to manually increase the magnification every time I ...
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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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How to make a Locator3D/LocatorSphere?
On Making a LocatorSphere:
Okay so I'm trying to realize a Locator3D-esque functionality for Mathematica. Something like a <...
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Vertically resize grid item to fill row height
I am trying to find a way to have an item in a grid cell that always fill the available vertical space enforced by the remaining items (without enforcing any row height itself).
One of my (many) ...
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Button to generate a report not working
I'm trying to create a Button that - when pressed - creates a report using a template. Here is a minimal example:
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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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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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Evaluate in place annoyance
I want to use the following expression to get a string value:
Row[{"Enter index identifier: ", InputField[Dynamic[indexidentifier], String]}]
and I also want to ...
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Distance measures on a map of a game
I have an image which my DM made of map for a DND game and I want to do two things.
Click on two points on my map, then based on the key for scaling have Mathematica tell me how far apart those ...
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MapThread conflicting with DynamicModule
Cross-posted: https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/1625808
Answer posted on Wolfram Community
I'm creating an interactive UI which allows the user to import data from a spreadsheet, perform ...
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Command + F suddenly does not work anymore on Mathematica 11.3
I use Mathematica v.11.3 on a MacBook Pro (end of 2013). Starting two days ago the function Find does not work anymore: when I try Cmnd+F, the menu bar becomes blue for about one second, but nothing ...
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GUI performance on OS X Mojave
I am running Mathematica 11.3 on OS X Mojave and experiencing extremely slow GUI performance. Scrolling is worse than controlling Mathematica in Linux KDE over teamviewer half around the world away, ...
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Attempting to create a toolbar with notebook tabs, unable to properly integrate functions
I recently learned that all the default Mathematica palettes were actually created in mathematica, and i have been trying to make something similar myself. And since learning that the DockedCell ...
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Remove “Template Notebook” header?
I'm not sure how this happened, but all of a sudden my notebook has an extra "Template Notebook" header, see screenshot:
I'd like to remove this header and go back to the regular notebook layout.
How ...
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F1 unresponsive at start up
I have Mathematica 11.3 installed on two PCs. My home PC runs Linux and does not have a problem. On my office PC (Windows 7) I find that on start up, pressing F1 to get context sensitive help is ...
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How can I create a REPL for Mathematica in Sublime Text
I would like to be able to interact with Mathematica command line interface from within Sublime Text.
Sublime Text has a package called Sublime REPL that provides an interface for different ...
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How to use ? (short help of multiple functions)
I want to use ? Command in multiple functiones to make a list of quick references for the most common mathematica commands and print it as pdf.
For example ...
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How to create a workbook type notebook?
I have some long workflows where the current method of sectioning and expand/collapse is becoming tedious.
I would like to create a workbook type notebook; a notebook that owns fully functioning child ...
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Mathematica steals focus after finishing computation
This is happening after I upgraded to 11.3. I am on Linux Mint.
Whenever mathematica finishes evaluating the cells in a Notebook, if that Notebook is minimized, it will pop up and steal focus from my ...
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How to use Dynamic and Setting inside a DynamicModule?
Consider an image (img) as
Using the following code I can dynamically change the value of t and see the updated components.
<...
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size of images in dialogboxes [duplicate]
I am having issues with the size of multiple images in dialog boxes.
I am trying to create a dialog box that handles three images (red green and blue channels obtained by a microscope) with color and ...
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Assigning variables whilst in a context
When working in a context, I would like all variable assignments to happen on symbols in the new context.
This doesn't normally happen. For example,
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Why am I getting this suggestion? What does it even mean? [closed]
After I finished writing the following code snippet
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Using Mma 9 is there a quicker way (using a keyboard combination or a button) to execute a Mma program than typing Alt+V and then O? [duplicate]
Another question asks whether there is a keyboard shortcut for evaluating a notebook. The answer is yes. The quickest way that someone came up with was pressing Alt+V and then O, but the question did ...
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Pop-up appeared and then disappeared during first documentation search in 11.2
After installing Mathematica 11.2, the first time I searched for something in the help center a pop-up appeared and then disappeared. It didn't appear on a subsequent search, even if I restarted ...
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How to delete a Cell with a particular Tag in Mathematica 8?
If I have a Cell with a particular tag CellTag->"MyCell", I could delete it in Mathematica 9 or later with
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Suggested functions illegible
I recently updated to Mathematica 11 and now the box which suggests what function you might be typing is completely illegible:
Is there any way to change the text / background color in this box or ...
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How to change window color of mathematica?
My mathematica interface changed color and became blueish. It is very hard to read it. What is the option to revert to the original color?
I am on (Arch) Linux.
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Overlay two groups of controls
How can we combine two UI elements with controls such that they all work? Overlay forces you to choose which layer receives the input. Can we do both at the same ...
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SetterBar behavior
Preamble
Consider a SetterBar:
SetterBar[1, StringRepeat["q", #] & /@ Range@5]
That is with vertical layout:
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How do I do calculations with data from user input?
I'm pretty new to mathematica and I'd like to create a little program that takes user input as variables which it then uses to do some calculations. I have the following code:
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Giving the input focus to a particular input field
A couple of versions of Mathematica ago there was discussion of how one can set focus on a particular input field:
How to set focus of a dialog window?
http://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/...
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Deploy an interactive dynamic interface with some complex code behind
This question might have been discussed in bits and pieces already, but I couldn't find a coherent conversation about what are the best practices and strategies for deploying a moderately complex ...
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How can I define symbols but not have them show up in the front end?
I have a huge set of packages with, arguably, far too many functions. Paring down the number of functions, while a good thing to do eventually, is something I just don't want to spend the time on ...
