Appearance

Appearance

is an option for displayed objects such as Button and Slider that specifies the general type of appearance they should have.

Details

  • Typical settings for Appearance include Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, as well as such attributes as "Open" and "Closed".
  • When multiple appearance specifications refer to a particular object, they are given in a list.
  • When an object can be in several different states, the setting for Appearance can be given in the form {"cond1"->app1,"cond2"->app2,…}.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (6)

Display all the controls of Manipulator:

Display the current value of Manipulator as an editable label:

Force an ActionMenu object to look like a PopupMenu:

Control the appearance of Button:

Control the appearance of Opener:

Different appearances for the slider thumb are available on some platforms:

Possible Issues  (1)

Appearances provided by the operating system may be different or unavailable on other platforms:

Generic appearances are available on all platforms:

Wolfram Research (2007), Appearance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), Appearance, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "Appearance." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). Appearance. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_appearance, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Appearance}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_appearance, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Appearance}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Appearance.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-November-2024 ]}