Copyable

Copyable

is an option for Cell that specifies whether a cell can be copied interactively using the front end.

Details

  • Even with the setting Copyable->False, the expression corresponding to a cell can still be read into the kernel using NotebookRead.
  • With Copyable->False set at the notebook level, no cells in the notebook can be copied interactively in the front end.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

Create a document with one cell that can be copied and one that cannot:

Select both cells:

If you copy this selection and paste it to a new notebook, only the first cell is copied:

Wolfram Research (1996), Copyable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), Copyable, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "Copyable." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). Copyable. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_copyable, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Copyable}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html}", note=[Accessed: 02-August-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_copyable, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Copyable}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Copyable.html}, note=[Accessed: 02-August-2025 ]}