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GUIInformation

GUIInformation[obj]

returns information about a live interface object.

GUIInformation[obj,target]

returns information about a specific widget in the interface.

GUIInformation[obj,target,sets]

returns only specific rule sets of information.

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GUIInformation

The functionality provided by GUIKit has been superseded by the interface construction and controls functions native to the built-in Wolfram Language.

GUIInformation[obj]

returns information about a live interface object.

GUIInformation[obj,target]

returns information about a specific widget in the interface.

GUIInformation[obj,target,sets]

returns only specific rule sets of information.

Details and Options

  • To use GUIInformation, you first need to load GUIKit using Needs["GUIKit`"].
  • GUIInformation can be used within scripts or with a GUIObject instance to find information about specific widgets or their properties.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Run an interface definition:

Get information about the object:

Get information about the "okButton":

Ask for specific sets of information:

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

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_guiinformation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GUIInformation}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIInformation.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_guiinformation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GUIInformation}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/GUIKit/ref/GUIInformation.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}