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Zoom in on a 2D graph
You can do this using Show and PlotRange which can be used in combination with graphs. To determine the full ...
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Zoom in on a 2D graph
This is a prototype, it can not handle Text Inset and some more complicated directives efficiently but I don't have time / ...
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Programming the fiver game
In this case I don't know how to post something helpful without providing full code so I'll just do that and hope this wasn't homework. My emphasis is on clarity (hopefully) rather than brevity or ...
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UI performance with large image data
A lot can be tweaked, but it is hardly ever straightforward:
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Creating "detached" plots
If you are serious about using this extensively, consider making a function based on CreateDocument...
Here is one way to pursue Szabolcs's line of thought. What ...
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If I have a very large Popup Menu list how can I make that searchable?
I have finished a project where widgets like this have been useful so I thought I would share. By combining InputField and PopupMenu a searchable popup selection table can be created.
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How to write a drag-n-drop reorderable gui?
Here is a very crude first implementation (code at the bottom):
(note that the updated version is called as `dragDropList[Dynamic@l)
Some notes:
The black box serves both as insertion marker and as ...
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Minesweeper: How to Dynamic a lot of graphics with high-speed?
The issue with such multicontroller dynamic interfaces is that one usually wants to store the state of all controllers in one variable for convenience (e.g. store status of position ...
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What is FrontEnd`AttachCell?
##Intro
One day I was playing with Developer` package and found DateSetter which uses some kind of floating elements that I ...
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Creating a simple Dock Cell that Fades In when Cursor Hover Over It
Edit: Fading overlay window
In order to get a top dock element with real transparency, one can create a window that overlays the current notebook window and adjusts its position together with it.
<...
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How to write a drag-n-drop reorderable gui?
I once approached this. I never finished it so let me know if you face any issues:
ResourceFunction["GitHubInstall"]["kubapod", "mgui"]
<< MGUI`
And here ...
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Creating "detached" plots
You can always create a new notebook and put things in it. If you are serious about using this extensively, consider making a function based on CreateDocument that ...
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Visually permute rows of a matrix via mouse dragging
EDIT: converted the use of explicit Hold wrappers to appropriate HoldAll and HoldFirst ...
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Button action monitored with progress bar
OK, I guess I found something myself while trying to circumvent RunScheduledTask.
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Working with DynamicModule: SetDelayed + OwnValues
J. Fultz' answer indicates that it is not a bug but a feature which needs better documentation.
Get a habit of defining your procedures with [], e.g. ...
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Allow multiple GUI elements to react dynamically to interaction with a single element
n = 120;
names = Range[n];
pts = AssociationThread[names -> N@CirclePoints[n]];
edges = RandomSample[Subsets[names, {2}], 250];
There are two reasons why ...
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Animating a Potential Function (eigenfunctions of Laplace's equation)
The fix is to move Animate outside of LocatorPane, but let's go couple of steps further:
I turned Eigenvalues procedure into a ...
Kuba♦
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Button action monitored with progress bar
I'm not sure if this is exactly what you need but this is what I've recently done to inform the user about ongoing calculation.
Usage
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Kuba♦
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If I have a very large Popup Menu list how can I make that searchable?
Based on undocumented FrontEnd`AttachCell:
What is FrontEnd`AttachedCell?
And ...
Kuba♦
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Internal DynamicModule steals scope of external DynamicModule
This answer builds on @AlbertRetey's answer where, in the comments, you wanted some guidance as to how Wolfram creates robust controls.
Think very carefully about the division of labor between the FE ...
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Clickable graph
You are almost there but VertexDelete[graph, n] or e.g. SetProperty[graph, spec] won't affect ...
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Button action monitored with progress bar
Building on Kubas code here is an alternative which solves some (minor) problems: it will not leave behind scheduled tasks when the abort button is used, it works equaly well when the Alt+. shortcut ...
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How is the zoom tooltip in the "Coordinates Tool" implemented?
Here's a proof-of-concept demonstration of how to build your own tooltip with reasonable performance:
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How to set focus of a dialog window?
After István Zachar's points, I was investigating Input definitions to learn more. It seams that 2 years later WRI changed approach from ...
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How-to generate a set of random points in a dynamic region
I would suggest using the second argument of Dynamic:
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How to create Right-Click ActionMenu at mouse position?
Both solutions are undocumented but I don't think they will go away. Menu/MenuItem are used internally for a long time and ...
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Activity indicators for slow Dynamic expressions?
An adaption of this answer for an ActionMenu and to your styling:
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How to see a code preview (in Experimental`Explore[] or related GUI)
Quick fix is to use e.g. Inactivate and friends:
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Guidelines for planning custom GUI in Mathematica
Things to keep in mind when developing complex GUI in Mathematica:
Wolfram System general issues:
Styles management/inheritance system (StyleSheets and friend)
It is complicated, full of exceptions ...
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