ShowSelection

ShowSelection

is an option to Notebook, Cell, and Style that specifies whether to show the current selection highlighted.

Details

  • ShowSelection is often set for styles of cells or whole notebooks instead of individual cells.
  • Settings for ShowSelection affect only how the selection is displayed, not where it is or how it works.
  • Setting ShowSelection->False is convenient if you want notebook operations to be performed invisibly.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a notebook window and select some content:

Turn off the visible marking of the selection:

Move the selection:

Make the selection visible again:

Wolfram Research (1999), ShowSelection, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), ShowSelection, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html (updated 2007).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "ShowSelection." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1999). ShowSelection. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_showselection, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ShowSelection}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-April-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_showselection, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ShowSelection}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ShowSelection.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-April-2024 ]}