AbsoluteOptions

AbsoluteOptions[obj]

gives the absolute settings of options used by the given object.

AbsoluteOptions[obj,name]

gives the absolute setting for the option name.

AbsoluteOptions[obj,{name1,name2,…}]

gives a list of the absolute settings for the options namei.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Find the explicit values of PlotRange->Automatic for a particular Graphics object:

Determined the explicit default value of the Lighting option for a Graphics3D object:

Scope  (2)

Get the explicit settings for multiple options of a Graph object:

Obtain the explicit settings for all options of a GeoGraphics object:

Properties & Relations  (1)

AbsoluteOptions[obj] gives values for all valid options of the object obj:

Options[obj], by contrast, only gives the settings for options explicitly set in obj:

Wolfram Research (1999), AbsoluteOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html (updated 2022).

Text

Wolfram Research (1999), AbsoluteOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html (updated 2022).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1999. "AbsoluteOptions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html.

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_absoluteoptions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AbsoluteOptions}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-July-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_absoluteoptions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AbsoluteOptions}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-July-2025 ]}