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User interface Mathematica 12.1 terribly slow
Official Statement
In case some of you missed it: There was an official reply from one of the WRI devs recently in our chat
Hi. This is Jose, from Wolfram. We are aware of an unacceptable slowdown ...
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Pop-up appeared and then disappeared during first documentation search in 11.2
Version 11.2 features a completely rewritten documentation search system. This version is incompatible with the search indices created by previous versions, nor can previous versions read the new ...
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User interface Mathematica 12.1 terribly slow
Dataset was restructured in the 12.1 release in order to support expanded formatting options and interactivity such as hiding and sorting. As a result, some Dataset outputs showed a slowdown due to ...
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in V 12.3, expression in notebook shakes when scrolling mouse to edit them. How to stop this effect?
I think I understand the reason why it happens, but I'm not certain how to fix it, so this is more of an extended comment than an answer. The reason it happens is because rather than actually ...
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Distance measures on a map of a game
Both tasks you outlined could be fused into a single app - screenshot is above. I assume that because this is a game the corrections due to geodesic model (flat map from non-flat planet surface) do ...
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How can I define symbols but not have them show up in the front end?
Core Function
Here's a single function that does all this coloring stuff:
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How can I add a vertical spacing in a `CheckboxBar`?
You can wrap CheckboxBar with Style using the option DefaultOptions to modify the ...
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How to make a Locator3D/LocatorSphere?
Here's something to get you started with a new design.
First we make the function that actually makes a DynamicModule. It supports having more than just a sphere ...
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How to use ? (short help of multiple functions)
?? is the same as Information. ?Sin is the same as ...
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I believe Beep uses the system sound which is obnoxious and rude. How does one create a friendlier less intrusive sound?
It's not too hard to make your own Beep[] and change the definition. You may have to let Mathematica download the Marimba sound the first time you use it, or ...
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Make a ChatGPT-like interface to Mathematica documentation/ this site?
This is not a full answer but a starting point, which illustrates both the strength (it looks reasonable) but also the strong limitation of present day chatbot in producing correct Mathematica code.
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Evaluate in place annoyance
Use Style with the option ShowStringCharacters -> False around the prompt:
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PercentForm in SetterBar Labels
The docs list the control form {u,{u1->lbl1,u2->lbl2,...}} for the setter bar, so just use ...
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How to turn off File Browser prompt?
If you set the (documented) cell option
CodeAssistOptions -> {"FileCompleteEnable" -> False}
then the File Browser popup won't appear when editing ...
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Replacing Excel with Mathematica Using 2D Tables
To get empty sheet
tmp = TableView[]
Then enter some values and use Normal to derive the result as MMA list:
Result:
{{}, ...
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How to create and use my own *.tr FrontEndResource and FrontEndResourceString files
Here's a sample way you could do something sorta like this.
Clearly there's some bound list of resources proper that I don't yet know how to edit (despite many ...
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Zooming a list plot without writing code
Yes, it is possible, so long as you don't demand to retain (add) a frame or axis on an arbitrary part of the plot. That is if you are satisfied to zoom in on only a portion of the graphic, perhaps ...
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What's the icon of Mathematica 11?
It seems that the Resource folder is not available in the cloud installation directory, which should contain the icon. But here is the icon from my installation.
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Mathematica steals focus after finishing computation
In the "System Settings / Windows / Behaviour" I have "Window focus mode" set to "Mouse", so that focus remains with which ever window the mouse is over.
If I change it to "Click" I see the behaviour ...
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Avoid clipping label in IntervalSlider?
You can also wrap the interval slider object with Style and use DefaultOptions to set ...
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How can I add a vertical spacing in a `CheckboxBar`?
prjs = {prj1, prj2, prj3} =
RandomReal[#, 100] & /@ {1, 2, 3};
To widen the spacing of the checkboxes, you can use multi-row labels with the extra rows ...
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Make a ChatGPT-like interface to Mathematica documentation/ this site?
In addition to OpenAILink in the Wolfram Paclet Repository (see answer here by @chris), there is also an option via the Wolfram Function Repository. I did not want this answer to get lost in the ...
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How do I accept user input through keyboard?
One way to do this is to use an event handler to manage the keystrokes. The images, the current rating and the image's index (in the list of images presented to the user, are all inserted in a ...
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