Built-in Mathematica Symbol

ControlType

ControlType
is an option for Manipulate and related functions that specifies what type of controls should be displayed.

ControlType->{type₁, ...} specifies that the i control should be of type type_i.

A ControlType option can be specified separately for each variable in a Manipulate.

Arbitrary controls can be set up in Manipulate by giving control specifications of the form {u, func}.

Default Manipulate control:

Override with a Slider2D:

Add a Slider linked to the same variable:

Specify types for multiple controls:

Default Manipulate control:

Override with a Slider2D:

Add a Slider linked to the same variable:

Specify types for multiple controls:

By default Manipulate chooses a Manipulator to control the specified variable:

Use ControlType to specify the type of control to use, including None:

Specify the control type for each Manipulate variable separately:

ControlType can be combined with individual variable control specifications:

In the Automatic setting, an appropriate controller is selected: