is an option for FullDefinition, Manipulate and related symbols that gives contexts whose symbols will have their definitions recursively saved.


IncludedContexts
is an option for FullDefinition, Manipulate and related symbols that gives contexts whose symbols will have their definitions recursively saved.
Details

- Functions such as FullDefinition, Manipulate, etc. that report or store the full set of definitions associated with a symbol recursively pull in the definitions of symbols that appear on the right-hand side of each definition. IncludedContexts limits the recursive collection of definitions by limiting collection to only particular contexts.
- Common settings include:
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All include all contexts "Context`" include the specified context only "Context`*" include the specified context and all its subcontexts {spec1,spec2,…} include any context matching one of the speci - ExcludedContexts takes precedence over IncludedContexts. »
- A context can be specified using string patterns in the same way as in Contexts[].
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Only pull in supplementary definitions from the context "c1`":
With the default setting IncludedContextsAll, all contexts are considered for inclusion:
Scope (3)
Include the contexts "c1`" and "c2`" only:
Include the contexts "c2`" as well as "c1`" and all its subcontexts:
By default, certain system contexts are excluded, even if they are in IncludedContexts:
Use ExcludedContexts to modify the exclusions list:
Properties & Relations (1)
ExcludedContexts overrides IncludedContexts:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2021), IncludedContexts, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludedContexts.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2021. "IncludedContexts." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludedContexts.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2021). IncludedContexts. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludedContexts.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_includedcontexts, author="Wolfram Research", title="{IncludedContexts}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludedContexts.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_includedcontexts, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={IncludedContexts}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/IncludedContexts.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}