The Wolfram Language's symbolic architecture makes it unprecedentedly easy to create and manipulate sophisticated layouts for user interfaces—both as static structures and with structures generated dynamically during the execution of a program.

Tabular Constructs

Grid — construct an arbitrary 2D layout

Item — wrapper for individual Grid items that applies options to the full region of the grid

ItemSize  ▪  Spacings  ▪  Dividers  ▪  Frame  ▪  Alignment  ▪  ...

Row, Column — 1D layouts

RadioButtonBar  ▪  CheckboxBar  ▪  SetterBar  ▪  TogglerBar

Annotation Structures »

Panel — enclose anything in a system-drawn panel

Labeled — display a label for any object

Overlay — display objects overlaid upon one another

AttachCell — attach a floating cell to a part of the notebook or window

Tooltip  ▪  Mouseover  ▪  ProgressIndicator  ▪  ...

View Selectors »

TabView — select using tabs with any labels

OpenerView  ▪  MenuView  ▪  PaneSelector  ▪  ...

Options

ImageSize  ▪  ImageMargins  ▪  FrameMargins

Appearance — detailed appearance of controls

Enabled — whether a control is enabled, or grayed out

BaselinePosition — how to align objects with surrounding text

Deploy — deploy an interface so only its controls can be changed