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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
Overlay
Overlay[{expr1, expr2, ...}]
displays as an overlay of all the 
.
Overlay[{expr1, expr2, ...}, {i, j, ...}]
displays as an overlay of 
, 
, ....
Overlay[{expr1, expr2, ...}, {i, j, ...}, s]
allows selections to be made and controls to be clicked in 
.
Details and Options
- The
can be graphics, text, or any other expressions. - In Overlay[{expr1, expr2, ...}] the later
are rendered on top of earlier ones. - Overlay[exprs] is equivalent to Overlay[exprs, All, None] and displays as an overlay of all the exprs.
- Overlay[exprs] by default allows no selection within the exprs.
- The following options can be given:
-
Alignment {Automatic,Automatic} how to align objects in the display area Background None background color to use BaselinePosition Automatic what to align with a surrounding text baseline BaseStyle {} base style specifications for the displayed object FrameMargins Automatic margins to leave inside the overall frame ImageMargins 0 margins around the image of the displayed object ImageSize All the overall image size for the displayed object - With the default option setting ImageSize->All, Overlay always leaves space for the largest of the
to be displayed, so that its overall size does not change. - With the option setting ImageSize->Automatic, Overlay leaves space only for the
currently being displayed. - The settings for BaseStyle are appended to the default style given by the
style in the current stylesheet.
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