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ButtonNotebook

  • ButtonNotebook[ ] gives the notebook, if any, that contains the button which initiated the current evaluation.
  • ButtonNotebook returns a NotebookObject.
  • If a button in a palette initiates evaluation in another notebook, then ButtonNotebook[ ] will be the palette, but EvaluationNotebook[ ] will be the other notebook.
  • If the current evaluation was not initiated by a button, then ButtonNotebook[ ] will return $Failed.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 2.10.3.
  • See also: Notebooks, EvaluationNotebook, SelectedNotebook, InputNotebook.


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