Style

Style[expr,options]

displays with expr formatted using the specified option settings.

Style[expr,"style"]

uses the option settings for the specified style in the current notebook.

Style[expr,color]

displays using the specified color.

Style[expr,Bold]

displays with fonts made bold.

Style[expr,Italic]

displays with fonts made italic.

Style[expr,Underlined]

displays with fonts underlined.

Style[expr,Larger]

displays with fonts made larger.

Style[expr,Smaller]

displays with fonts made smaller.

Style[expr,n]

displays with font size n.

Style[expr,Tiny], Style[expr,Small], etc.

display with fonts that are tiny, small, etc.

Details and Options

  • Style can be used in both ordinary expressions and graphics.
  • Style[expr,spec1,spec2,] allows the speci to be any list or sequence of the following:
  • opt1->val1,explicit options
    "style"a named style from the current stylesheets
    color directive color (Red, RGBColor[], )
    graphics directive (Thickness[], )
    Bold text bold (FontWeight->"Bold")
    Italic text italic (FontSlant->"Italic")
    Underlinedtext underlined
    Largertext larger
    Smallertext smaller
    n (any number) text with font size n (FontSize->n)
    Tiny, Small, etc. text with absolute size
  • Style can use any option listed in the Option Inspector in the notebook front end.
  • Style can use any graphics directive or list of graphics directives.
  • In Style[expr,spec1,spec2,], explicit settings given in the speci always override settings defined by named styles in the speci, regardless of the order in which they occur.
  • For explicit settings, the first occurrence of a setting for a given option will be the one used.
  • Directives such as Red or Bold are treated as equivalent to their corresponding option settings.
  • A few common explicit options include:
  • Backgroundbackground color
    Editablewhether the contents are editable
    FontFamilyfont family
    Hyphenationwhether to hyphenate in text
    Magnificationmagnification
    Selectablewhether the contents are selectable
  • A few common named styles include:
  • "Button"display like text in a system button
    "Graphics"display like graphics
    "Input"display like Wolfram Language input
    "Label"display as a sans serif label
    "Menu"display like a system menu item
    "Output"display like Wolfram Language output
    "Panel"display like text in a system panel
    "PopupMenu"display like a system popup menu
    "Section"display as a section heading
    "SmallText"display like small text
    "Subsection"display as a subsection heading
    "Text"display like ordinary text
    "Title"display like a title
  • When Style objects are nested, the specifications of the innermost one control the display of a particular expression.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Use red font color:

Specify various properties of fonts:

Use a predefined style:

Specify the style of an individual graphic object:

Scope  (3)

Specify the font size in printer's points:

Specify the font properties:

Use graphics directives:

Specify the indentation, spacing, and alignment of text:

Options  (39)

Antialiasing  (2)

Use antialiasing by default:

Turn off antialiasing:

Background  (1)

Specify background colors:

ControlsRendering  (2)

Compare the default and generic appearances of Slider:

RadioButton:

DefaultOptions  (2)

Locally set DefaultOptions:

Explicit option settings in an object override default options for that type of object:

Deployed  (1)

Disable general editing and selection in a cell while preserving interactive controls:

DigitBlock  (1)

Display integer digits in blocks of 3, separated by ",":

Editable  (2)

By default, the output cell is editable:

Make the output noneditable:

Enabled  (1)

Compare enabled and disabled Slider:

RadioButton:

FontColor  (2)

Use red font color:

Specify the color without using an option:

FontFamily  (1)

Use "Courier" font family:

Use "Times" font family:

Use "Helvetica" font family:

FontSize  (2)

Specify the font size in printer's points:

Specify the absolute font size using predefined symbolic values:

Specify the font size without using an option:

FontSlant  (2)

Plain fonts:

Italic fonts:

Specify the font slant without using the option:

FontTracking  (1)

Different settings for FontTracking:

FontVariations  (1)

Underlined text:

Strike-through text:

Combine both:

FontWeight  (2)

Plain fonts:

Bold fonts:

Specify the font weight without using the option:

ImageSizeMultipliers  (2)

The original graphic size:

Specify that the graphic inside a list is 0.4 times its normal size:

Specify that the graphic inside a function is 0.2 times its normal size:

LineIndent  (1)

Specify the size of indentation:

No indentation:

LineSpacing  (1)

Double spacing:

Make the height of each line 10 printer's points:

Single spacing with 5 printer's points of extra space added to each line:

Magnification  (2)

Specify the level of magnification:

Magnification affects everything including margins:

NumberSeparator  (1)

Display integer digits in blocks of 3, separated by ",":

ScriptBaselineShifts  (1)

Default placement of subscripts and superscripts:

Shift subscripts down by 2 x-heights:

Shift subscripts down by 0 x-heights; shift superscripts up by 2 x-heights:

ScriptMinSize  (1)

Use ScriptMinSize to keep exponents from shrinking below a certain font size:

ScriptSizeMultipliers  (2)

Use ScriptSizeMultipliers to set the factor by which font size is reduced for superscripts:

ScriptSizeMultipliers->list uses different factors for different levels:

ShowStringCharacters  (2)

By default, quotation marks are shown around strings in input cells, but not in output cells:

Show quotation marks around strings in output cells:

SingleLetterItalics  (2)

Make variables with one-letter names appear in an italicized form:

Override single-letter italicization for a particular symbol in a TraditionalForm output:

TextAlignment  (1)

Align on the left:

Centered:

Align on the right:

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

Text

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

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "Style." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Style.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). Style. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Style.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_style, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Style}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Style.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_style, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Style}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Style.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-March-2024 ]}