Questions tagged [front-end]
Questions related to the Mathematica front-end (graphical user interface).
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Define meaning for symbol such as ⇓ despite 'Incomplete expression; more input is needed'
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The notation $a\Downarrow_bc$ can mean something like "the program $a$ results in $c$ when executed according to the semantics of $b$".
In Mathematica, I input this as ...
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Is it possible to modify the evaluation timestamp format?
There's an option in the options inspector to display a timestamp upon evaluation of a cell: Notebook Options → Evaluation Options → EvaluationCompletionAction → AddTimeStamp. That causes the date and ...
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Removing the stubborn keybinding, Ctrl+Q, for 'Quit'
I want to disable the Ctrl+Q keyboard shortcut/keybinding, used for quitting everything. How to achieve this?
I have tried the suggestion of adding
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Do we need to start the kernel again after quitting it?
Do we need to start the kernel (Evaluation → Start Kernel → Local) again after selecting
Evaluation → Quit Kernel → Local from ...
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Performance issue when more than one texture is used
I run it on version 13.0.1.
Bellow are 50 polygons each of the same random texture. Rotating it by mouse is fast and flawless.
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How can I run cleanup code automatically at the end of an evaluation (without wrapping the code)?
I would like to invisibly open a notebook, return the notebook object, use it in subsequent intermediate evaluations within the active overall evaluation, and then close the notebook object at the end ...
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Changing font for inline TeX input (i.e., cntl-$)
Inline TeX defaults to its enclosing Cell's FontFamily. The Default style sheet has a font that isn't great for math.
Here are two examples:
To my eye, the rendered TeX with the Times New Roman font ...
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What does TryRealOnly mean in TaggingRules?
Using version 14.2.1
I recently learned about the FrontEnd's TaggingRules option for objects, in my case Notebooks. I'm using TaggingRules to store region-of-interest and similar settings for our labs ...
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Turn off keyboard shortcut, redux
This is a duplicate of a previous question (linked below), but the previous answer no longer works.
Every once in a while when editing a formula, I want to add a parenthesis at the beginning of the ...
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Background value in Options[$FrontEnd] has no effect after upgrade from 14.1 to 14.3
I upgraded to Mathematica 14.3 to 14.1. Previously I could SetOptions[$FrontEnd, Background -> color] to change the background colour of the Notebooks. I can ...
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Frontend equivalent of CurrentValue["SelectionData"]
Execute the following then type something in next cell, select it and press the button - the selection is printed.
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Formatting notebook contents
Doing some computations in Mathematica (14.3.0.0, Win 11 x64), I get Operation in progress... Formatting Notebook Contents window, which is there (unchanged, no progress) couple of minutes, literally ...
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Pollution in context added by BeginPackage remains even after Exit
Tested in
$Version
(* "14.3.0 for Microsoft Windows (64-bit) (July 8, 2025)" *)
The issue can be reproduced in the following manner. First, execute the ...
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Programatic Interaction with Front End (notebooks) via API
I am trying to build a Model Context Protocol tool that allows LLM to manipulate notebooks currently opened in a Mathenmatica front end. (using functions in https://reference.wolfram.com/language/...
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Why doesn't Dynamic[1+x] lead to Set::write warning?
According to the document of Dynamic:
If the displayed form of Dynamic[expr] is interactively changed or edited, an assignment <...
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