ControlPlacement

ControlPlacement

is an option for Manipulate, TabView, and other control objects that specifies where controls should be placed.

Details

  • Possible settings include:
  • posplace all controls in the specified position
    {pos1,pos2,…}place control i in position posi
  • Possible forms for pos include Bottom, Left, Top, Right.
  • The default alignment is Automatic, which corresponds to the standard alignment for the current type of control on the current computer system.
  • On supported touchscreen devices, settings for ControlPlacement may be overridden by settings for TouchscreenControlPlacement.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Placements for MenuView:

SlideView:

TabView:

Scope  (1)

Specify different placements for each control if there is more than one:

Properties & Relations  (1)

Several functions take a ControlPlacement option:

Wolfram Research (2007), ControlPlacement, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html (updated 2012).

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), ControlPlacement, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html (updated 2012).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "ControlPlacement." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html.

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_controlplacement, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ControlPlacement}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_controlplacement, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ControlPlacement}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ControlPlacement.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025 ]}