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ButtonNotebook

ButtonNotebook[]
gives the notebook, if any, that contains the button which initiated the current evaluation.

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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.

Basic Examples (1)

Make a button that sets nb to the NotebookObject for the button's notebook:

After the button is clicked the variable is assigned:

Use the object for further processing:

Applications (1)

Properties & Relations (1)

Notebooks EvaluationNotebook SelectedNotebook InputNotebook

Manipulating Notebooks from the Kernel

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