AbsoluteOptions
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AbsoluteOptions
Details

- AbsoluteOptions gives the actual settings for options used internally by the Wolfram Language when the nominal setting is a symbolic value such as Automatic, All or Full.
- AbsoluteOptions[obj] gives values for all valid options of the object obj, whether explicitly set in obj or taken from global defaults. »
- AbsoluteOptions can be used with the following visual objects:
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Graphics[…] Graphics3D[…] AstroGraphics[…] GeoGraphics[…] Graph[…] - AbsoluteOptions can be used with the following user interface objects:
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BoxObject[…] CellObject[…] $DefaultFrontEnd $FrontEnd $FrontEndSession NotebookObject[…] - For some options, AbsoluteOptions may send a request to the front end to find the result. If the object obj is a user interface object, this will always be done.
- User interface objects with Dynamic option values will resolve the dynamics to their effective values.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Find the explicit values of PlotRange->Automatic for a particular Graphics object:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-g4oi5i

Determined the explicit default value of the Lighting option for a Graphics3D object:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-0ub4lo


https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-mk43gs

Scope (2)Survey of the scope of standard use cases
Get the explicit settings for multiple options of a Graph object:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-zl1x2p

Obtain the explicit settings for all options of a GeoGraphics object:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-zo174q

Properties & Relations (1)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions
AbsoluteOptions[obj] gives values for all valid options of the object obj:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-xjyzgc


https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-4g7ay4

Options[obj], by contrast, only gives the settings for options explicitly set in obj:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0d6g1jj3gz-sx3muj

Wolfram Research (1999), AbsoluteOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html (updated 2022).
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Wolfram Research (1999), AbsoluteOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html (updated 2022).
Wolfram Research (1999), AbsoluteOptions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html (updated 2022).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "AbsoluteOptions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html.
Wolfram Language. 1999. "AbsoluteOptions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). AbsoluteOptions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html
Wolfram Language. (1999). AbsoluteOptions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_absoluteoptions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AbsoluteOptions}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-April-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_absoluteoptions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AbsoluteOptions}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AbsoluteOptions.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-April-2025
]}