is an option to Refresh, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies which symbols should trigger updates when their values are changed.


TrackedSymbols
is an option to Refresh, Manipulate, and related functions that specifies which symbols should trigger updates when their values are changed.
Details

- The following settings can be used:
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All all possible symbols Full symbols that appear explicitly in the input expression True symbols that appear in Manipulate, etc. controls Automatic symbols being tracked in enclosing constructs {x,y,z,…} an explicit list of symbols - When a list of symbols is given, the typical usage is TrackedSymbols:>{x,y,z,…}.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Specify symbols in Manipulate that will be used for updating:
Possible Issues (2)
Symbols in an explicit list will not be tracked if they were not evaluated in the enclosing construct:
Using Rule for TrackedSymbols fails in some cases because the symbols are evaluated:
Generally, RuleDelayed should always be used for TrackedSymbols:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Put Autoupdating Dynamic Content in a Notebook
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), TrackedSymbols, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TrackedSymbols.html (updated 2008).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "TrackedSymbols." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TrackedSymbols.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). TrackedSymbols. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TrackedSymbols.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_trackedsymbols, author="Wolfram Research", title="{TrackedSymbols}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TrackedSymbols.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_trackedsymbols, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={TrackedSymbols}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/TrackedSymbols.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-August-2025]}