Programmatic Notebook & Interface Customization

Options — find option settings for any aspect of a notebook or the Mathematica interface

SetOptions — set any of over a thousand possible options

$FrontEnd — symbolic object representing the complete Mathematica front end

$FrontEndSession — symbolic object for the current Mathematica session

SelectedNotebook ▪ EvaluationNotebook ▪ NotebookSelection

Cell & Styling Options »

DefaultNewCellStyle ▪ StyleDefinitions ▪ InputAliases ▪ ...

Window Options »

Magnification ▪ DockedCells ▪ Background ▪ WindowMargins ▪ ...

CurrentValue — find dynamically updated interface values

EventHandler ▪ FrontEndEventActions ▪ NotebookEventActions

FrontEndTokenExecute — execute a menu-like front end command

FrontEndExecute — send an expression to be executed by the front end

UsingFrontEnd — execute kernel commands using a front end if necessary

• Custom Interface Construction
• Notebook Programming
• Stylesheets
• Front End Menu Actions