is a global symbol that represents the current session of the front end from which the kernel is being run.


$FrontEndSession
is a global symbol that represents the current session of the front end from which the kernel is being run.
Details

- You can use Options and SetOptions on $FrontEndSession to read and set global options for the current session of the front end.
- Options set for $FrontEndSession override options set for $FrontEnd, but do not persist between front end sessions.
Tech Notes
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), $FrontEndSession, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$FrontEndSession.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "$FrontEndSession." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$FrontEndSession.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). $FrontEndSession. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$FrontEndSession.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_$frontendsession, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$FrontEndSession}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$FrontEndSession.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_$frontendsession, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$FrontEndSession}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$FrontEndSession.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}