SelectedCells
SelectedCells[notebook]
returns a list of CellObject expressions corresponding to the currently selected cells in notebook.
returns the currently selected cells in the notebook in which this function is being evaluated.
Details and Options
- If no cells are selected, SelectedCells returns an empty list.
- If the selection is inside of a cell, SelectedCells returns the cell containing the selection.
- SelectedCells[notebook] is equivalent to Cells[NotebookSelection[notebook]].
- If the selection is inside of an inline cell, then SelectedCells will return the CellObject corresponding to the inline cell. The setting AllowInlineCells->False may be given to cause it to return the top-level cell that contains the selected inline cell.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (3)
Options (1)
AllowInlineCells (1)
By default, SelectedCells returns selected inline cells, such as this one with the style "Output2":
AllowInlineCells->False causes the outermost CellObject to be returned instead:
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), SelectedCells, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectedCells.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "SelectedCells." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectedCells.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). SelectedCells. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectedCells.html