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CancelButton
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    • Button
    • DefaultButton
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    • DialogReturn
    • DialogInput
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CancelButton[]

represents a Cancel button in a dialog that closes the dialog window when clicked.

CancelButton[action]

represents a button labeled Cancel that evaluates action when clicked.

CancelButton[label,action]

uses label as the label for the button.

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BUILT-IN SYMBOL
  • See Also
    • Button
    • DefaultButton
    • ChoiceButtons
    • DialogReturn
    • DialogInput
    • CreateDialog
  • Related Guides
    • Dialog Boxes
  • Tech Notes
    • Creating Dialog Boxes
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      • DefaultButton
      • ChoiceButtons
      • DialogReturn
      • DialogInput
      • CreateDialog
    • Related Guides
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    • Tech Notes
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CancelButton

CancelButton[]

represents a Cancel button in a dialog that closes the dialog window when clicked.

CancelButton[action]

represents a button labeled Cancel that evaluates action when clicked.

CancelButton[label,action]

uses label as the label for the button.

Details and Options

  • CancelButton[] is equivalent to CancelButton[DialogReturn[$Canceled]].
  • In dialogs created with DialogInput or CreateDialog, pressing is effectively equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.
  • If there are several Cancel buttons in a single dialog, will use the first one in the dialog.
  • CancelButton has the same options as Button.
  • List of all options
  • AlignmentAutomatichow to align contents within the button
    AppearanceAutomaticthe overall appearance of the button
    AutoActionFalsewhether to click the button automatically when the mouse is over it
    BackgroundAutomaticbutton background color
    BaselinePositionAutomaticalignment relative to surrounding text
    BaseStyle"GenericButton"base style specifications for the button
    ContentPaddingTruewhether to shrink the margins tightly around the contents
    EnabledAutomaticwhether the button is enabled or grayed out
    EvaluatorAutomaticthe kernel in which to evaluate expr
    FrameMarginsAutomaticminimum margins to leave inside the frame
    ImageMargins0margins around the image of the displayed button
    ImageSizeFullthe overall image size of the displayed button
    Method"Preemptive"the evaluation method to use
    TooltipNonethe tooltip for the button
    TooltipDelay0.`how long to delay before displaying the tooltip
    TooltipStyle{}style specifications for the tooltip

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Create dialog input and use CancelButton to cancel the action:

CancelButton takes the same options as Button:

Applications  (2)

Create a dialog with both a default button and a cancel button:

Create a dialog with a close button:

Properties & Relations  (3)

CancelButton is a special case of Button:

Create a dialog with a cancel button; the dialog is dismissed by clicking the button or pressing :

Create a dialog that holds evaluations until the dialog is dismissed:

See Also

Button  DefaultButton  ChoiceButtons  DialogReturn  DialogInput  CreateDialog

Tech Notes

    ▪
  • Creating Dialog Boxes

Related Guides

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  • Dialog Boxes

History

Introduced in 2007 (6.0)

Wolfram Research (2007), CancelButton, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), CancelButton, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "CancelButton." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). CancelButton. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_cancelbutton, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CancelButton}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html}", note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_cancelbutton, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CancelButton}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CancelButton.html}, note=[Accessed: 01-March-2026]}

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